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[Glavo]

Hi Mark ,

I'm developing a new program packaging format[1]. It packages multiple JARs
into a single file, which can contain named modules, automatic modules, or
unmodularized JARs.
At runtime it places the contents of these JARs on the module path or
classpath. Is this what you want?

Glavo

[1]: https://github.com/Glavo/japp

On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 5:20 AM Mark Raynsford <jigsaw-dev at io7m.com> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I have multiple applications that are modularized; all of the
> application modules are named modules and make heavy use of services.
> However, I do have many (transitive) dependencies that are only
> automatic modules (using Automatic-Module-Name declarations in the
> manifests).
>
> I want to use jpackage to produce platform-specific application
> distributions, but the automatic modules are causing me problems.
> Essentially, as far as I can tell, there are exactly two approaches
> that jpackage will take:
>
>   1. Put all of your application jars inside an app directory inside
>      the app image, and configure the runtime such that all of those
>      jars end up on the class path.
>
>   2. Take all of the application modules and compile them into the
>      resulting app image runtime using jlink.
>
> It would _really_ help myself (and possibly others, given that I've
> never seen a Java application consisting of 100% named modules) if
> there was a third option:
>
>   3. Take all of the application jars and place them inside an app
>      directory inside the app image, and configure the runtime such
>      that all of those jars _end up on the module path_.
>
> Effectively, I'd like a runtime that behaves as if "java -p app"
> had been specified on the command-line. I don't care about minimizing
> the size of the runtime with jlink by discarding unused modules. I
> _do_ care about having a nice double-clickable exe on Windows that
> has a nice icon, identifies itself properly in Process Explorer, and
> has all of my jars on the module path so that the services work.
>
> Is anything like this on the horizon? I believe I've published more
> JPMS modules than any other individual on the planet, but I've never
> been able to make any use of jlink due to the entire world not having
> been modularized. I don't want to be rewriting my dependencies with
> Moditect and other tools: My dependencies already work correctly on the
> module path, I just can't seem to get them into anything jpackage will
> produce!
>
> --
> Mark Raynsford | https://www.io7m.com
>
>
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