[MCOMPILER-296] Add jpms.args to the META-INF folder

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.7.0
• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: Robert Scholte
• Created: 19/May/17 10:00
• Updated: 22/Aug/17 21:02
• Resolved: 22/Aug/17 20:46

Description

When compiling a Java9 project with some specific jigsaw/jpms flag, e.g. to open access to certain modules, those flags are probably also required at runtime. If these flags used for a library, that library-user might need to use that same set of flags, but how could he be aware of these flags?
I'd like to add META-INF/jpms.args to store these specific flags. This file provides easy access to these arguments and can be used by other tools/plugins.