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The recommended distribution model for Java applications is a jlinked runtime image [1], which supports including native libraries in the image. [1]: Technical
by pron 2y ago
The recommended distribution model for Java applications is a jlinked runtime image [1], which supports including native libraries in the image.
[1]: Technically, this is the only distribution model because all Java runtimes as of JDK 9 are created with jlink, including the runtime included in the JDK (which many people use as-is), but I mean a custom runtime packaged with the application.
- maksut 2y agoIs that still true when distributing libraries?
- pron 2y agoIf you distribute libraries as jmod files, which few libraries do (in that case, jlink would automatically extract the native libraries and place them in the appropriate location).
- brabel 2y agoAbsolutely not. jlink is used to distribute applications (it includes your code, the Java libs you use, i.e. their jars, and the trimmed-down JVM with the modules you're using so that your distribution is not so big - typically around 30MB). Java libraries are still obtained from Maven repositories via Maven/Gradle/Ant/Bazel/etc.