In this chapter we’ll look at the structure of the new modular runtime image introduced in Java 9, which brings an important benefit in terms of improved performance and maintainability. On the other hand, the new format of the runtime image doesn’t necessarily result in preserving the exactly same functionality of all the existing APIs.
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This chapter is an informational one that describes the format of the modular runtime images introduced in JDK 9.
Modular Runtime Images
Chapter 3 showed how the source code in the JDK was restructured around modules. In this chapter we’ll ...
