Interface ModulePathElement

All Superinterfaces:

CodeContribution, Resource

public interface ModulePathElement
extends CodeContribution

Marker interface for code contributions that contain a module descriptor and can be placed on the module-path (--module-path) during compilation or run-time.

A resource implementing this interface explicitly declares itself as a named module. Even without this marker, a CodeContribution can be detected as modular, see CodeContribution.isModular().

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default boolean	isModular()	Checks whether this code contribution is modular.

Methods inherited from interface CodeContribution

moduleName, toPath

Methods inherited from interface Resource

asOf, asOfLocalized, cleanup, isNewerThan, name, type

Method Details

isModular

default boolean isModular()

Description copied from interface: CodeContribution

Checks whether this code contribution is modular. This works for both JAR files and directories. Both are considered as modular if they contain a module-info.class. JARs are also considered as modular if they have an Automatic-Module-Name set in their MANIFEST.MF.

Specified by:

isModular in interface CodeContribution

Returns:

true, if the contribution is modular