Where do modules go in jlink images?

[Remi Forax]

All classes are merged in the file named 'modules' and the native libraries are extracted from the jmods and put in the lib folder, because jlink create an image for a specific architecture/OS.

cheers,
Rémi

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> De: "Nicolai Parlog" <nipa at codefx.org>
> À: "jigsaw-dev" <jigsaw-dev at openjdk.java.net>
> Envoyé: Dimanche 7 Janvier 2018 13:57:51
> Objet: Where do modules go in jlink images?

> Hi!
> 
> Another question about jlink (guess what chapter I'm working on ;) ).
> I've tried to find out where jlink puts the content of the jmods
> folder, but hit a wall.
> 
> I created a full runtime image with jlink and diffed the file trees
> (including disk usage), but all that got me was that my image doesn't
> contain bin/jmc, jmods, lib/misssioncontrol, lib/src.zip, and
> lib/plugin-legacy.jar - all of that is expected, but where are the
> class files from the jmod archives?
> 
> Now I wonder, whether these are just ornamental - does lib/modules
> contain all the bytecode? I'm confused.
> 
> so long ... Nicolai
> 
> 
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