On 07-Jan-21 20:04, Alan Bateman wrote> [...] The bug in the patcher
code results in a
root module that does not require java.base and since they are no other
root modules, it means the boot layer doesn't have java.base, oops! But,
the java.base has been partly defined to the VM in very early startup
and normally the creation of the boot layer will complete the
initialization, including setting up exports. [...]
Gotcha. That was the missing piece. Thank you.
Is there a way to debug the early java initialization? I didn't got
that working, so had to do it by hand.
The debugger needs the VM to be fully initialized before it can debug
Java code. In JVM TI speak this is the "live phase". There are early
phases where tooling and agents can get events and do some operations
during VM startup but it's not enough for a Java debugger.
Was worth a shot to ask. Thanks.
-Alan.
- Johannes
