It is important to organize modules so that they can be easily located. The module path, a sequence of module components or directories, provides the organizational structure used by searches. These path components are searched for in order, returning the first path component that comprises a module.
Modules and their paths should not be considered to be the same as packages or class paths. They are indeed different and have a greater level of fidelity. The key difference is that, with classpaths, a singular component is searched for. Module path searches return complete modules. This type of search is possible by searching the following paths, in the presented order, until a module is returned:
- Compilation module path
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