[bv-dev] Jigsaw module name

[Emmanuel Bernard]

-1 on the EE prefix. Bean Validation is not (only) a EE spec. 

> On 3 May 2017, at 20:26, Michael Nascimento <misterm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I know it's late to reply to this, but seems fine. I'd consult the Java EE EG just to make sure they don't want to use a javax.ee prefix (which seems odd, though). Using the predominant/"root" package for the module is what I'd recommend too.
> 
> Regards,
> Michael
> 
>> On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 10:22 AM, Gunnar Morling <gunnar at hibernate.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Java 9 is still in the works, so it's too early to put anything final
>> into the BV spec, but should we add a recommended module name for API
>> modules?
>> 
>> My thinking is to have a short appendix stating:
>> 
>>     "Implementors that wish to provide the Bean Validation API in form
>> of a Java 9 module,
>>      should use the module name "javax.validation". A mandatory module
>> name will be
>>      defined in a future revision of this specification".
>> 
>> A commonly agreed on module name is required by Jigsaw to ensure
>> different API modules (e.g. the reference one and the one provided by
>> Apache) are interchangeable.
>> 
>> I expect further changes to the spec to support Java 9 down the road
>> (e.g. to resolve message bundles in client modules and to provide a
>> way for passing in a Lookup granting private access (see [1]), but
>> it's nothing we can bake into the spec yet.
>> 
>> Thoughts?
>> 
>> --Gunnar
>> 
>> [1] http://in.relation.to/2017/04/11/accessing-private-state-of-java-9-modules/
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