RFR: 8247536: Support for pre-generated java.lang.invoke classes in CDS static archive

[Mandy Chung]

On 8/24/20 3:53 PM, Ioi Lam wrote:
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> However, I suspect most people won't do this, because the benefit is 
> relatively small. Also, jlink doesn't support classpath apps, so you 
> would need to figure out what to use for "--add-modules". In the worst 
> case, the custom JDK would be over 100MB in size.
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`jdeps --print-module-deps` can find the static dependencies.  It will 
need to know its reflective dependencies and any service providers it 
depends on.  It's no different for creating a custom image for modular apps.

Mandy