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Robert Scholte updated MCOMPILER-275:
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Description:
When you want to add a module-info.java file to your project AND want your code
to be compatible with older java version, then you need to call {{javac}} twice.
To prevent all kinds of magic for selecting the right files to compile with the
right version of Java it is probably better to just have a separate folder for
it, e.g. {{src/main/jigsaw}}. I'd prefer to call it 'jigsaw' instead of java9,
so it'll still makes sense once we're at java16
On the jigsaw mailinglist they actually expect the module-info file to be in
the {{src/main/java}} as well. Intuition of users might indeed be to simply put
it there and let Maven handle it. That should be possible, but it also depends
if IDEs can handle this too.
was:
When you want to add a module-info.java file to your project AND want your code
to be compatible with older java version, then you need to call {{javac}} twice.
To prevent all kinds of magic for selecting the right files to compile with the
right version of Java it is probably better to just have a separate folder for
it. I'd prefer to call it 'jigsaw' instead of java9, so it'll still makes sense
once we're at java16
> Handle separate compilation of module-info.java
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> Key: MCOMPILER-275
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-275
> Project: Maven Compiler Plugin
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Reporter: Robert Scholte
>
> When you want to add a module-info.java file to your project AND want your
> code to be compatible with older java version, then you need to call
> {{javac}} twice.
> To prevent all kinds of magic for selecting the right files to compile with
> the right version of Java it is probably better to just have a separate
> folder for it, e.g. {{src/main/jigsaw}}. I'd prefer to call it 'jigsaw'
> instead of java9, so it'll still makes sense once we're at java16
> On the jigsaw mailinglist they actually expect the module-info file to be in
> the {{src/main/java}} as well. Intuition of users might indeed be to simply
> put it there and let Maven handle it. That should be possible, but it also
> depends if IDEs can handle this too.
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