RFR: 8311302: Implement JEP 493: Linking Run-Time Images without JMODs [v41]

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Wed, 30 Oct 2024 22:41:49 GMT, Mandy Chung <mchung at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Severin Gehwolf has updated the pull request incrementally with 20 additional commits since the last revision:
>> 
>>  - Some test fixes
>>  - Remove period in jlink.properties
>>  - Revert changes to ResourcePoolEntry
>>  - Fix comment in RuntimeImageLinkException
>>  - Remove ImageReader (like JmodsReader)
>>  - More comment fixes (JlinkTask)
>>  - Move some comments around
>>  - More comment fix-ups (JRTArchive)
>>  - Fix description of configure option
>>  - Some more wording updates
>>  - ... and 10 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/83a86d06...e6b3aeb1
>
> src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/internal/ImageFileCreator.java line 195:
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>> 193:             plugins.storeFiles(allContent.resourcePool(), result, writer);
>> 194:         } catch (RuntimeImageLinkException e) {
>> 195:             throwRuntimeLinkFailure(e);
> 
> Curious why this is a special case.  Would it be useful for debugging if this throws `new IOException(e)` the same way as other exceptions (line 196-200) so RILE is a cause?

This is in fact not needed. I've removed it.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14787#discussion_r1828083387