What happened when you put “jlink netbeans” into Google search? I see lots of articles...
Gj On Sat, 30 May 2020 at 20:26, Kenneth Fogel <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for the info. jpackage was first fxpackage, then became > jpackage, then was dropped when FX was dropped, and then just returned. One > of its uses was to create installable packages, either exe, dmg or whatever > your flavour of Linux needs. > > I am not fond of CLI, I believe my picture is on dart boards of Linux > aficionados everywhere 😊. I believe your CLI suggestion is using the > system installed Java runtime on your system and not the jlink Java > runtime. On my system if I went into the image folder I could get it to run > with the jlink rather than system Java with "bin\java > com.mycompany.test2.App". The old Shade plugin could do that but it > required Java installed. I thought jlink working with jpackage could do > that. > > Answering your email forced me to looking into the image folder. Hiding in > a file called modules in the lib folder is your code. So when you enter > "bin\java com.mycompany.test2.App" Its pulling the code from the > images\lib\modules. Therefore it does not depend on the presence of a > system Java. What I am not sure of is whether or not this image will work > on a Mac or Linux, my guess is it won't. > > So it all comes back to what is the purpose of jlink if it doesn't also > create something that allows you to run your code with a single command on > the command line or as a clickable file in a GUI system. I appreciate that > it creates an instance of Java that can run your code without needing to > download Java first. It feels like NetBeans is not completing the task by > just using jlink. As always I assume the misunderstanding of its purpose is > my fault. > > Bringing this back to NetBeans, I think that generated code should include > comments that either explain the purpose or provide a link to documentation > that explains it. I think that jlink is an incomplete solution and that > should be explained. Could explain why modules still have not caught on. > Now I will crawl back under my rock. > > Ken > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ernie Rael <[email protected]> > Sent: May 30, 2020 1:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: jlink in JavaFX project > > On 5/30/2020 9:41 AM, Kenneth Fogel wrote: > > > > This is a more general question. NB 12 b6 now has a jlink option for > > the JavaFX Simple project. Cool, I haven’t used this feature of Java > > yet. As the module-info.java file did not indicate what to include or > > exclude (remember I don’t know how to use jlink) I believe that what > > was generated in the target/image folder was the equivalent of a JRE. > > I make this assumption because the folder is 60 mb in size. Heck, I > > just searched thru the image and found keytool.exe. I should ask the > > jlink group at Oracle about this. My ignorance is on display. > > > > So here is my question. Without jpackage creating an executable > > package what is the value of jlink? > > > I'm not sure what you're looking for, or what jdk you're running, and I > don't know anything about jpackage other than what I can intuit from the > name. I think it's recent, > > There is: jdk-14.0.1/bin/jpackage.exe. > > Also in case you're not aware, you can cd > <project.directory>/target/image/bin and then, assuming your package is > org.play.proj and the main class is App, run your app by doing > > ./java org.play.proj.App > > -ernie > > > > To everyone who is working on NB you have my utmost respect. You are > > doing amazing work. I’ll be doing a Jakarta EE tech talk at the > > Eclipse foundation on June 9 at 11 AM DST and I will be using NetBeans > > (they know I will be). > > > > Ken > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
