From java 9 we can create JPMS layers and dynamically add modules to it. At the same time different types of java archives can be JPMS modules - .jar, .war, .ear. However, the problem is that it is possible to add only .jar archives by default. I opened an issue here https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8203330 and as it was found out it is necessary to implement custom ModuleFinder.
Trying to implement ModuleFinder I understood that it is necessary to rewrite (or take from) the "half" of jdk.intenal what is a very bad way. Lets' consider what I need to add .war arhives to JPMS layer. I need: 1) to understand if I can work with this type of archive or I can not (if .war is supported) 2). to map file location, for example instead of "module-info.java" I must find "WEB-INF/classes/module-info.java" etc. For that I don't need to create ModuleDescriptor, ModuleReference, ModuleFinder. So I suggest to overload ModuleFinder.of() method adding as a parameter custom ModuleReaderFactory. For example to add ModuleFinder#of(ModuleReaderFactory factory, Path... entries). ModuleReaderFactory must have such method - createModuleReader(Path path). Such solution will also help Jakarta EE developers a lot of. Best regards, Pavel
