How to import classes from another module? - java

I'm having a multi module Java project. To test specific constraints, I'm using Arch Unit. This works fine for the classes that are in the same module as the Arch Unit test class. However, I'd like to write one Arch Unit test that tests classes from all the modules in my project.
How can I import all classes from all the modules I have?

A module is a package of java packages. Let's say you have modules 'A' and 'B' and inside them you have packages 'a' and 'b' respectively, and inside of packages you have classes 'A.java' and 'B.java' respectively.
If you need to use class 'A.java' from module 'A' inside of module 'B' first you need to edit 'module-info.java' file of module 'B'. It's location is at the root of the module and it will look like this:
module B {
requires A;
}
Now, module 'B' has both a runtime and a compile-time dependency on module 'A'
and all public types exported from a dependency are accessible by our module when we use this directive.
In the 'module-info.java' file of module 'A' you need to write:
module A {
exports a;
}
For more detailed info refer to java modules guide

Related

Making Maven and module-info work together

I have a project(Java 12) with several Maven dependencies, and now I'm trying to add module-info file like
module mymodule {
requires java.net.http;
}
But if I do this all Maven dependecies (in pom.xml) become invisible for code, and compiler throws errors like java: package org.openqa.selenium.safari is not visible
(package org.openqa.selenium.safari is declared in module selenium.safari.driver, but module mymodule does not read it)
Is it possible to make them work together?
The new module info ist not congruent with the information in the pom.xml. Robert wrote a good article about the differences of both systems:
https://www.sitepoint.com/maven-cannot-generate-module-declaration/

Calling a Non Module Class from a Module Class in java 9

I am trying to call a non-module class from a module class. I have created a folder structure
moduledemo > allclasses > moduleC > packageC > MyMethods.class
is the path to my module class file
moduledemo > moduleC > packageC > MyMethods.java
and
moduledemo > nomodule > packageD > DemoNoModule.class
is the no module class that I am calling from MyMethods.java
I am able to compile the DemoNoModule file. I am able to compile MyMethods.java into allclasses folder moduleC.
When I am running MyMethods I am getting error moduleC not found. Can anyone update? I am using the following command to run
java --module-path allclasses -m moduleC/packageC.MyMethods
Both files code -> Non-Module Class
package packageD;
public class DemoNoModule {
public void showD() {
System.out.println("this is show of D in No Module");
}
}
Module class calling class
package packageC;
import packageD.*;
public class MyMethods {
public static void main(String s[]) {
DemoNoModule d=new DemoNoModule();
d.showD();
}
}
Module info in module C
module moduleC {
exports packageC;
}
On one hand, the moduleC(mind improving naming?) is a named module.
While on another, the "no module class" termed by you is nothing but as stated by Alan a class present on the classpath. The classes present on the classpath during the execution are part of an unnamed module in JPMS.
Quoting the documentation further:-
The unnamed module exports all of its packages. This enables
flexible migration... It does not, however, mean
that code in a named module can access types in the unnamed module. A
named module cannot, in fact, even declare a dependence upon the
unnamed module.
This is intentional to preserve the reliable configuration in the module system. As stated further :
If a package is defined in both a named module and the unnamed module
then the package in the unnamed module is ignored. This preserves
reliable configuration even in the face of the chaos of the class
path, ensuring that every module still reads at most one module
defining a given package.
Still, to make use of a class from the unnamed module in your named module moduleC, you can follow the suggestion of making use of the flag to add ALL-UNNAMED module to be read by modules on the module path using the
following command:
--add-reads <source-module>=<target-module> // moduleC=ALL-UNNAMED
As a special case, if the <target-module> is ALL-UNNAMED then
readability edges will be added from the source module to all present
and future unnamed modules, including that corresponding to the class
path.
PS: Do take into consideration the highlighted portion(above) of the documentation as you do so.
Also note the long-term solution would be to revise your design here, for which you can plan to move your code in the class DemoNoModule into an explicit module or package it separately to be converted into an automatic module.
Java 9 programs are supposed to be modular. That is how I understood jigsaw in JDK-9. So, IMHO, you'll have to 'wrap' your packageD in another module and in the module-info for moduleC write requires moduleD. Also moduleD should export packageD.
ALL-UNNAMED is added for backward compatibility, and I suppose it will be removed in some point of Java evolution.

Unnamed module interaction with named module by ServiceLoader::load

I have a project like this:
\---main
\---src
\---com.foo
\---UnnamedStart.java
\---api
\---src
\---com.foo.api
\---ApiInterface.java
\---module-info.java
\---impl
\---src
\---com.foo.impl
\---ApiInterfaceImpl.java
\---module-info.java
Implementatio of UnnamedStart.java is:
public static void main(String[] args) {
ServiceLoader<ApiInterface> services = ServiceLoader.load(ApiInterface.class);
...
}
Note that main is unnamed module.
api/src/module-info.java is:
module com.foo.api {
exports com.foo.api;
}
and impl/src/module-info.java is:
update 1.1 - code below updated see comments, added requires
update 1.2 - code below updated, provides A with B changed to provides B with A mistake during creating question, originally was ok
module com.foo.impl {
requires com.foo.api; //added (update 1.1)
provides com.foo.impl.ApiInterface
with com.foo.api.ApiInterfaceImpl; //vice versa (update 1.2)
}
When I run my code in UnnamedStart.java I end up with no element in services.
I also tried to create a static method in com.foo.api.ApiInterface:
static List<ApiInterface> getInstances() {
ServiceLoader<ApiInterface> services = ServiceLoader.load(ApiInterface.class);
List<ApiInterface> list = new ArrayList<>();
services.iterator().forEachRemaining(list::add);
return list;
}
and add in api/src/module-info.java line uses com.foo.api.ApiInterface; but it gave the same result (nothing).
The only way I made it work is by migrating main from unnamed to named module.
1. How does java 9 work when unnamed module trying to interact with named module?
2. Does it possible to make it work and keeping the main like unnamed module?
update 1.3 - added related project
ServiceLoader::load works as usual, but the are other things.
[Short answer]
1. Unnamed module reads the same like named module to named module, but named module can not access types in the unnamed module.
2. You are trying to launch an application from a non-modular JAR so you have to explicitly resolve required modules by --add-modules com.foo.impl.
Note that your required modules have to be on module graph (e.g. add by --module-path).
[More details]
1. There are 4 different types of modules: built-in platform module, named module, automatic module, unnamed module and each of them are named apart from unnamed module
As they wrote the unnamed module treats all the other modules the same like named module:
All other modules have names, of course, so we will henceforth refer to those as named modules.
The unnamed module reads every other module. [...]
The unnamed module exports all of its packages. [...] It does not, however, mean that code in a named module can access types in the unnamed module. A named module cannot, in fact, even declare a dependence upon the unnamed module.
[...]
If a package is defined in both a named module and the unnamed module then the package in the unnamed module is ignored.
Even an automatic module indeed is also named:
An automatic module is a named module that is defined implicitly, since it does not have a module declaration.
2. Second part of this answer
If you compile non-modular code or launch an application from a non-modular JAR, the module system is still in play and because non-modular code does not express any dependencies, it will not resolve modules from the module path.
So if non-modular code depends on artifacts on the module path, you need to add them manually with the --add-modules option. Not necessarily all of them, just those that you directly depend on (the module system will pull in transitive dependencies) - or you can use ALL-MODULE-PATH (check the linked post, it explains this in more detail).
This #nullpointer comment will be useful
Also, the module resolution still needed the impl to be resolved during the startup. To check which you could also make use of the --show-module-resolution flag.

Moduled project not compiling using lombok

I'm making a project using lombok. The structur of it is:
Main project:
module A
module B
module C
I created a main function in module A to test the program.
Module A depends on module B and C, module B on anything and module C on module A and B (don't know if this is important to know).
When I run the main function on module A it gives me an error:
Error:java: Annotation processing is not supported for module cycles. Please ensure that all modules from cycle [A,B,C] are excluded from annotation processing
I think it is caused by lombok. Anyone knows how to solve it?

Method getModule returning unnamed module for class in named module

I just started to have a look at the Java 9 module system and I was wondering whether it is possible for a class to know in which module it is located.
Therefor I created the following module
module de.test {
exports de.test.myexport;
}
and compiled a jar file that looks like
> jar --print-module-descriptor --file=Java9Test-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
de.test
requires mandated java.base
exports de.test.myexport
In package de.test, I have a class called Overview where I'm calling
Module module = Overview.class.getModule();
However, the returned module object is unnamed and has no ModuleDescriptor.
Am I using getModule() correctly here, or is there any other way to load the module of a class?
I'm using JDK 9 build 120 on OS X.
All JARs on the class path (with java --class-path ...) get bundled into the same so-called unnamed module, regardless of whether they are "a real module" or "just a JAR". When you ask a class from such a JAR for its module, you get the result you describe.
Try putting the JAR on the module path (with java --module-path ...) and Class::getModule should return what you expect.

Categories

Resources