Please add a module-info.java in order to make it a module. #16

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1. lemire commented on Mar 22, 2019

   

   lemire

   on Mar 22, 2019

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   Could you contribute a PR?
2. joehei commented on Mar 24, 2019

   

   joehei

   on Mar 24, 2019

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   done :-)
3. lemire commented on Mar 25, 2019

   

   lemire

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   @joehei Thanks for the PR. It seems to break our tests... Presumably the issue is that it breaks backward compatibility with Java 8.

   Many users are going to stick with Java 8. It seems unwise to break compatibility with Java 8. Is there a way around this?
4. tkslaw commented on Oct 7, 2023

   

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   I believe the standard approach is to compile everything targeting Java 8, except for the module-info.java file, which should be compiled targeting Java 9+. Then package all the class files in a JAR and publish it.

   If the library is used on Java 9+ and placed on the module-path, then the module-info file is used. Otherwise, if the code is placed on the class-path, or is used on Java 8, then the module-info file is ignored.

   Note this is not the same thing as the multi-release JAR feature.