[jsr294-modularity-eg] JSR 294 expert group draft

[Andreas Sterbenz]

Experts,

reminder to send us your comments about the draft spec by next Monday 
October 29. After this expert group review, we should proceed to JCP Early 
Draft Review so that we can gather feedback from the larger community.

Andreas.

Andreas Sterbenz wrote:
> Experts,
> 
> based on our earlier discussions Alex and I have prepared a draft 
> specification for Superpackages. It consists of updates to the Java 
> Language Specification, the Java Virtual Machine Specification, and the 
> reflection API.
> 
> The specification reflects our past discussions in the EG, except in a few 
> cases where we are suggesting changes based on our experience in the 
> prototype implementation. For example, we changed the proposed name of the 
> compiled superpackage file from super-package.spkg to super-package.class. 
> That should avoid some tool compatibility issues and makes more sense 
> given our later decision about the file format. We have also allowed a 
> Java source file (compilation unit) to optionally identify which 
> superpackage its types are in. There are some minor updates to the 
> reflective API: the addition of SuperpackageFormatError and the method 
> Superpackage.forName().
> 
> You can find the documents on the EG page, 
> http://jcp.org/en/eg/view?id=294 . We believe these drafts can serve as 
> the basis for the JCP Early Draft Review.
> 
> We would appreciate if you could send us your comments by Monday, October 29.
> 
> Alex and Andreas.
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