Java 9 is going to provide several developer tools which complement the modular system and enhance developer productivity. This video gives an overview of new Java Linker tool that would assist in creating a modular Java runtime. “jlink” assembles and optimizes a set of modules and their dependencies and “jmod” for creating modular packages with class files and resources. “jimage” which is 5x more performant than zip or jar formats. This is an interactive session in how to create a modular JDK image with specified root modules using jlink. It describes the plugin API for extension using custom modules.
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