Hello,
currently inner classes are allowed to be specified in 'uses' statement,
for instance following code is compiled successfully by JDKb111 javac:
a/module-info.java:
module a {
uses pkg.Outer.Inner;
}
a/pkg/Outer.java:
package pkg;
public class Outer{ public class Inner{} }
Spec doesn't prevent it either. However in 1.1.3
<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Emr/jigsaw/spec/lang-vm.html> it prevents
implementations specified in 'provides' statement to be inner classes.
According to my understanding inner class cannot be extended by
non-inner class, for instance "public class Impl extends Outer.Inner { }
" would cause:
error: an enclosing instance
that contains Outer.Inner is required
class Implem extends Outer.Inner {}
^
1 error
So could you please tell what is the purpose of allowing inner classes
to be specified in 'uses' statement, there seem to be no way to create
its implementation. Should it be prohibited by spec?
The minimized testcase is attached; in order to run it please:
1. unzip attached archive on Windows machine;
2. rename test12\test_bat to test12\test.bat;
3. modify test.bat by changing JDK_HOME variable to point to your JDK
installation;
4. run test.bat.
Thank you,
Georgiy.
