Added release notes wrt #2432, minor changes

Author: cowtowncoder

release-notes/CREDITS-2.x

@@ -926,6 +926,10 @@ Vladimir Tsanev (tsachev@github)
     to `handleUnknownVanilla()` to fix earlier #822
    (2.10.0)
 
+Marcos Passos (marcospassos@github(
+  * Contributed #2432: Add support for module bundles
+   (2.10.0)
+
 David Becker (dsbecker@github)
   * Suggested #2433: Improve `NullNode.equals()`
    (2.10.0)

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Project: jackson-databind
  (suggested by Craig P)
 #2309: READ_ENUMS_USING_TO_STRING doesn't support null values
  (reported, fix suggested by Ben A)
+#2432: Add support for module bundles
+ (contributed by Marcos P)
 #2442: `ArrayNode.addAll()` adds raw `null` values which cause NPE on `deepCopy()`
   and `toString()`
  (reported, fix contributed by Hesham M)

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/Module.java

@@ -76,16 +76,17 @@ public Object getTypeId() {
     public abstract void setupModule(SetupContext context);
 
     /**
-     * Returns the list of dependent modules.
-     *
+     * Returns the list of dependent modules this module has, if any.
      * It is called to let modules register other modules as dependencies.
+     * Modules returned will be registered before this module is registered,
+     * in iteration order.
      *
      * @since 2.10
      */
     public Iterable<? extends Module> getDependencies() {
         return Collections.emptyList();
     }
-    
+
     /*
     /**********************************************************
     /* Helper types

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ObjectMapper.java

@@ -796,7 +796,10 @@ public ObjectMapper registerModule(Module module)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Module without defined version");
         }
 
-        registerModules(module.getDependencies());
+        // [databind#2432]: Modules may depend on other modules; if so, register those first
+        for (Module dep : module.getDependencies()) {
+            registerModule(dep);
+        }
 
         // And then call registration
         module.setupModule(new Module.SetupContext()