[MNG-6293] Support multi-release JARs (JDK 9 feature)

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Fix Version/s: 5.x
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Marcus Hirt
• Created: 17/Oct/17 13:36
• Updated: 23/Jul/21 18:37

Description

In JDK 9 the concept of multi-release jars were introduced:
http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/238

It would be wonderful if maven supported building multi-release jars out-of-the-box. With the future high release-cadence of Java, this may become an increasingly important feature.

Here is an interim solution:
https://github.com/metlos/multi-release-jar-maven-plugin