Trying to implement #1380: remove use of Moditect plug-in for 3.0

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -117,13 +117,6 @@ tools.jackson.core.*;version=${project.version}
         <artifactId>replacer</artifactId>
       </plugin>
 
-      <!--  04-Mar-2019, tatu: Add rudimentary JDK9+ module info. To build with JDK 8
-             will have to use `moduleInfoFile` as anything else requires JDK 9+
-        -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.moditect</groupId>
-        <artifactId>moditect-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
       <!-- 03-Nov-2020, tatu: Add LICENSE from main level -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ JSON library.
   allocation default implementation (in 3.0)
 #1364: JSTEP-6: rename `JsonLocation` as `TokenStreamLocation`
 #1378: Rename `JsonParser.getText()` as `.getString()` [JSTEP-6]
+#1380: Change 3.0 to use `module-info.java` directly, remove use of Moditect
 - Rename `JsonGenerator.Feature.AUTO_CLOSE_JSON_CONTENT` as `AUTO_CLOSE_CONTENT`
 - Add `TreeCodec.nullNode()`, `TreeNode.isNull()` methods
 - Change the way `JsonLocation.NA` is included in exception messages