I am using jdk 10, windows 8 and eclipse 2019 which I used to make my jar file. I want to make a custom jre using the jlink tool, I am countering a problem that jlink is not able to detect my jar file that is made from eclipse. However, I have already installed too many java versions, this is my command :
"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-10.0.2\bin\jlink.exe" --module-path "C:\Users\Hassan\Desktop\test_java.jar";"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-10.0.2\jmods" --add-modules test_java --output \Test2\JRE --compress=2
and it returns :
Error: Module test_java is not found.
I am sure that the path is correct. I don't know what is happening, I wrote the command correctly along with their paths.
After I searched on the internet, I found out that I did not create a module, I only created a jar file that has no module. In order to add a module into my java application, I have to add a java file called module-info.java, this is a special file that has no classes, it contains the modules that is needed inside my java application. module-info.java must not be under the possession of any package. After using jdeps.exe to determine what modules does my application need to run. So, I wrote this code inside module-info.java :
module AnyNameWillWork {
requires java.base;
requires javafx.base;
requires javafx.controls;
requires javafx.graphics;
exports application;
}
exports keyword gives the required modules the permission to the followed package to use them. All my app classes are inside application package.
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