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Unlike the classpath, the module path allow you to specify a folder and the complier/VM will find the modules by name in the folder. As far as i know there is no way to specify such folder when configuring the module path using the Eclipse JDT.
Is this about the batch compiler or build paths in the IDE?
The IDE, the .classpath and the corresponding UI if you prefer, as far as i remember, ecj already support specifying folders in --module-path.
Thanks for clarification. Firstly, I don't think there is a specification requiring IDEs to support his, is there? While I'm at it, is there an up-to-date version of JEP 261 somewhere on the net? Some time ago I was informed that the original JEP information is outdated, so it is impossible for us to know whether JDT supports all that is required. As for the request itself, I see it as a corner case, as modules developed within Eclipse have a different layout, viz. one module per project, so it is more like projectx/src/... rather than src/modulex/... Still, for externally developed modules there _could_ be use cases where an Eclipse project should refer to a classes/modulex/... structure. I'm not sure how relevant this is, though, because externally developed modules should normally be consumed from their jar, not a class folder (class folders are not for publishing an artifact). But since Eclipse does support external class folders, supporting the new layout could be seen as consistent with the existing design. IMHO, not a high priority, though. Let me know if you see reasons, why this is practically relevant.
my request has nothing to do with a source layout, this is another discussion. currently, when i specify a module-path, i can specify external dependencies, by example jars that comes from Maven by indicating the folder that contains all the jars instead of specifying the jars one by one like i need to do with the classpath. what i think eclipse should be able to provide is something that let me say, here is a folder that will contains jars, use the module-info to find the ones that are available for that module. obviously i should be able to to provide several folders and eclipse should mimick the way the default ModuleFinder works.
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