Hi Emma, Can you put your application on GitHub so others can take a look?
Gj On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 1:16 PM Emma Atkinson <emma.atkins...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know if this might add to the discussion. I have tried build a > simple Java application comprising 2 source files (Main.java and > module-info.java) and have it call the default logger for Log4j2 V2.11.1 to > output a single error message. Nothing more. I put the > log4j-api-2.11.1.jar on the Modulepath as shown by Project Properties > > Library > Compile tab. > > Log4j2 V2.11.1 is a Multi-release JAR (MR-JAR). The module-info.class > file is in log4j-api-2.11.1.jar under the folder META-INF/versions/9, which > seems to match what the CachingFileManager expects at line 389. I am not > sure if I am looking at all the right places. > > The Netbeans editor can see the module log4j.api because it appears in the > drop-down menu of completion suggestions and does not have wiggly red line > under it. My simple test program has a module-info.java file that requires > log4j.api and nothing else. This bit definitely works as I would expect. > > The RMB Clean & Build function eventually generates an error pointing to > the line *requires log4j.api* in my module-info.java. It generates this > error even if I try to compile the module-info.java file on its own. It > seems to me that the ant build script cannot find module but the Netbeans > editor can. Unfortunately, I do not understand ant scripts enough to dig > any deeper. > > I have tried building this program under JDK-9, JDK-10 and JDK-11. My > Netbeans runs on JDK-10. I am learning how to migrate to modules by trial > and error. I may have made an error, but if I have, I don't know where. > > I hope this is helpful. > Emma > > On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 14:03, Geertjan Wielenga > <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > >> Apache NetBeans has support for reading multi-release JARs. They can >> appear on the classpath (modulepath) and the correct types are used, though >> note there is (currently) no support for creating them. >> >> Below is where the reading of multi-release JARs is implemented: >> >> >> https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/blob/master/java/java.source.base/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/parsing/CachingFileManager.java >> >> Gj >> >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 10:44 AM Patrik Karlström <pat...@trixon.se> >> wrote: >> >>> Yes, that's where I got it from. :) Attended Nicolai's talk at jdays >>> this week and later found the netbeans related info above that got me >>> thinking of what I just could not find in the IDE. >>> I'll poke around in my pom then, thanks. >>> >>> >>> Den sön 30 sep. 2018 kl 10:08 skrev Geertjan Wielenga >>> <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid>: >>> >>>> There's nothing in there specifically about NetBeans, but about Maven >>>> -- I don't believe there's anything special done in this area in NetBeans >>>> itself, but that the support for this feature can be used via Maven. >>>> >>>> Gj >>>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 9:56 AM Geertjan Wielenga < >>>> geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This should help: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://blog.codefx.org/tools/multi-release-jars-multiple-java-versions/ >>>>> >>>>> Gj >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 6:26 PM Patrik Karlström <pat...@trixon.se> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I just found out about Multi Release JAR files and began to look >>>>>> into it on my Apache NetBeans 9 installation. >>>>>> >>>>>> At http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeans_9 one can read >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> NetBens 9 will be released from Apache Software Foundation as new >>>>>> Apache project. NetBeans is being donated to ASG by Oracle. NetBeans 9 >>>>>> main >>>>>> theme will be to support this upcoming Java SE 9 release. >>>>>> >>>>>> - ... >>>>>> - *Multi Release JAR files to be handled properly by NB Java >>>>>> Support* >>>>>> >>>>>> Did support for Multi Release JAR files made it to ANB9 and if so, >>>>>> how and where do find it/I set it up for my projects? Or was it a goal >>>>>> for >>>>>> NetBeans itself and I should handle it manually in my poms? >>>>>> >>>>>> /Patrik >>>>>> >>>>>
