Hi,
Currently, seems that jshell cannot be run on an exploded build:
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8172414
The reason appears to be an unconditional use of jrt URL, maybe just
using Class.getResource(AsStream) would work?
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlahoda/8172414/webrev.00/
Thanks,
Jan