RFR: JDK-8080511 - Refresh of jimage support

Jim Laskey (Oracle) james.laskey at oracle.com
Thu Jun 18 00:08:54 UTC 2015


https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8080511

This is an long overdue refresh of the jimage support in the JDK9-dev repo.  This includes native support for reading jimage files, improved jrt-fs (java runtime file system) support for retrieving modules and packages from the runtime, and improved performance for langtools in the presence of jrt-fs.

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlaskey/hs-rt-jimage/webrev-top <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlaskey/hs-rt-jimage/webrev-top>
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlaskey/hs-rt-jimage/webrev-jdk <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlaskey/hs-rt-jimage/webrev-jdk>
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlaskey/hs-rt-jimage/webrev-hotspot <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlaskey/hs-rt-jimage/webrev-hotspot>
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlaskey/hs-rt-jimage/webrev-langtools <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlaskey/hs-rt-jimage/webrev-langtools>


Details:

- jrt-fs provides access, via the nio FileSystem API, to the classes in a .jimage file, organized by module or by package.
- Shared code for jimage support converted to native.  Currently residing in hotspot, but will migrate to it’s own jdk library https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8087181 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8087181>
- A new archive abstraction for class/resource sources.
- java based implementation layer for jimage reading to allow backport to JDK8 (jrt-fs.jar - IDE support.)
- JNI support for jimage into hotspot.
- White box tests written to exercise native jimage support.



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