Hi,
at the moment, class `java.lang.module.ModuleDescriptor` only
provides an `isAutomatic()` getter -- which doesn't allow to
determine from where the module name actually came from.
Program `PresentModule.java` [1] creates a `JarFile` instance
to determine the source of an automatic module.
As the module name is resolved by the runtime from a
specific source, it could be stored as a constant in the
`ModuleDescriptor` instance at resolution time.
I propose to extend the `ModuleDescriptor` class with a
public enum NameSource {
FILENAME, MANIFEST, DESCRIPTOR
}
and an accessor:
public NameSource nameSource { return ... }
Cheers,
Christian
[1] https://github.com/sormuras/modules/blob/master/src/PresentModule.java
