> Unqualified Elements.getTypeElement(CharSequence) and > Elements.getPackageElement(CharSequence) search for elements > across all modules in the module graph, and only return a value when they > find exactly one element. This is > troublesome, as an element (uniquely) visible from a root module may be > "hidden" by an element that is not visible from > any root module (i.e. is internal to some module that is not in the root > module set). The idea proposed here is that > these unqualified methods would first look for elements visible from the root > modules, and would search the internals > of other modules only if nothing would be found in the first round. The > draft of the corresponding CSR is here: > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8253168.
Jan Lahoda has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains four additional commits since the last revision: - Linking to root and all modules definition. - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8236842 - Reflecting review comments - improving javadoc, avoid repeated search of modules that have already been searched. - 8253168: Surprising 'multiple elements' behaviour from getTypeElement when cross-compiling with --release ------------- Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/200/files - new: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/200/files/3eb2c0bd..33ca56ed Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=200&range=02 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=200&range=01-02 Stats: 12332 lines in 424 files changed: 6792 ins; 4409 del; 1131 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/200.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/200/head:pull/200 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/200
