Allow multiple implementations of ws.rs

[GedMarc]

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[cowtowncoder]

Are all 3 of these required? It would seem first and third were synonyms or... ?

[cowtowncoder]

@GedMarc was hoping to clear this up, before releasing 2.10.2. So... are those all really needed? (wrt 1st and 3rd entries)

[GedMarc]

@cowtowncoder This one looks correct,

[cowtowncoder]

@GedMarc Ok but I am still not clear why change is needed? Change to add static, sure, but why are all 3 needed? Or what exactly does this do?

[GedMarc]

So there's a few releases of the library, which includes

• where filename was added with a Automatic-Module-Name
• where automatic module name changes
• where module-info name differs from automatic-module-name
• where a different version of the module may release with a new name in module-info (hibernate you **fffff)

A nice example I like to use is servlet, where 2.5 is java.servlet, 3 is java.servlet-api and 4 is javax.servlet-api.

To support all the different module naming, even though its the same library, you specify static to mark that it may be provided as any of these.
It forces the client to specify, which version and name that library is using.

JaxRS has the first two as you know between two different automatic-module-names,
Jakarta released theirs - https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jaxrs-api/blob/master/jaxrs-api/src/main/java/module-info.java

which looking at right now - actually have to add another one in case the latest is used xD
jakarta.ws.rs

I hope I've made sense!

[cowtowncoder]

@GedMarc Ok... makes some sense, I am just struggling with conceptually thinking that everything in module-info is basically "and" (i.e. all of those must be provided). But seems like this is not the case.

Anyway, since you trust these are needed I'll trust you & merge this. Just wanted to double-check. :)