[MNG-6892] Design Multi-Release jar support

• Type: Task
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Elliotte Rusty Harold
• Created: 15/Apr/20 15:52
• Updated: 31/Jul/20 13:16

Description

Figure out what multi-release jar builds in maven look like: changes to pom.xml, plugin configurations, source layout, etc.

 

JEP 238: Multi-Release JAR Files

 

Using pure javac + jar: 

https://blog.codefx.org/tools/multi-release-jars-multiple-java-versions/

https://www.baeldung.com/java-multi-release-jar

 

Prior art:

 https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/multirelease.html

http://word-bits.flurg.com/multrelease-jars/

https://github.com/metlos/multi-release-jar-maven-plugin

https://planet.jboss.org/post/building_multi_release_jars_with_maven

https://in.relation.to/2017/02/13/building-multi-release-jars-with-maven/