In JRE-9/lib directory (at least on Windows), there is a new file called modules whose size is about 107 MB. Is it possible to extract that file or maybe list java modules within it? I can see that a new tool called jmod is available at jdk-9/bin/jmod.exe, but that is for reading .jmod files which is located at jdk-9/jmods and
Tag: jmod
Why did Java 9 introduce the JMOD file format?
Java 9 has three ways to package compiled code in files: JAR JMOD JIMAGE JIMAGE is optimized for speed and space and used by the JVM at runtime so it makes sense why JIMAGE was introduced. JIMAGE files are not supposed to be published to maven repos or used at compile or link time. The docs claim that JMOD can