Where do modules go in jlink images?

[Nicolai Parlog]

 Hi Remi.

>> So does that really mean that the jmods folder plays no role for
>> the running JVM?
> 
> yes

Wow.

> 
>> What is it there for?
> 
> make jlink working :) the transformation done by jlink is not
> reversible.

Mind blown.

Will have to go back to a previous chapter and do some correcting...

 so long ... Nicolai



On 07.01.2018 14:38, forax at univ-mlv.fr wrote:
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>> De: "Nicolai Parlog" <nipa at codefx.org> À: forax at univ-mlv.fr Cc:
>> "jigsaw-dev" <jigsaw-dev at openjdk.java.net> Envoyé: Dimanche 7
>> Janvier 2018 14:26:08 Objet: Re: Where do modules go in jlink
>> images?
> 
>> Hi Remi,
>> 
>> but the exact same thing happens when the JDK is linked with
>> jlink, right? I just now see that the native binaries from the
>> jmod archives are also present in lib/.
>> 
>> So does that really mean that the jmods folder plays no role for
>> the running JVM?
> 
> yes
> 
>> What is it there for?
> 
> make jlink working :) the transformation done by jlink is not
> reversible.
> 
>> 
>> so long ... Nicolai
> 
> Rémi
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 07.01.2018 14:15, Remi Forax wrote:
>>> 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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