Module java.base

Class ModuleReference

java.lang.Object
java.lang.module.ModuleReference

public abstract class ModuleReference extends Object
A reference to a module's content.

A module reference is a concrete implementation of this class that implements the abstract methods defined by this class. It contains the module's descriptor and its location, if known. It also has the ability to create a ModuleReader in order to access the module's content, which may be inside the Java run-time system itself or in an artifact such as a modular JAR file.

Since:
9
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