Custom modules

[Trivaxy]

I'm working on integrating LuaJava to one of my projects. To keep things clean, a lot of the functionality implemented on the Java side is (meant to be) exposed to the Lua side in the form of custom modules, e.g

local geom = require("geometry")
local world = require("world")
...

I've seen setExternalLoader and loadExternal, but those don't seem to be what I need as these modules are entirely implemented on the Java side. Any advice?

[gudzpoz]

You may use Java method modules for that.

[Trivaxy]

I see. Is it possible to alias the module name to something simpler for the users? i.e require("world") instead of require("xyz.trivaxy.modules.MyModule.open")

[gudzpoz]

LuaJava does not provide a builtin way to do this. But you can of course rewrite the require function as you wish:

local oldRequire = require
local mapping = {
    shortname = "xyz.trivaxy.modules.MyModule.open",
}
function require(name)
    return oldRequire(mapping[name] or name)
end

[Trivaxy]

Yeah, that's a good way to do it. Thanks.