String fields for dependencies in module_.clas?

[Tako Schotanus]

Can anyone explain to me why we add a `String` field of the form:

    public static final .java.lang.String mypkg$myimport= null;

for each dependency in a module descriptor?

Thanks,
-Tako

[Tom Bentley]

Yes, I can.

For metamodel purposes we need to be able to obtain the annotations on a module import at runtime. Those fields are added simply to hang java annotations from, which is not exactly ideal, but seemed the least worst thing to do at the time.

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[Tako Schotanus]

Ah, ok, makes sense thanks!

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