Thanks Richard. Sorry I didn't see your post before hitting send. So does this mean there is no workaround for a webstart app that requires a lot of the --add-export options?
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Tom Hood <tom.w.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > I found Alan's video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU8hCCjGSbE> (time: > about 27:35) that goes with the slides pdf link and he mentions the > Add-Exports line need to go in the manifest of the jar with the > Main-Class. I just now tried that and it still didn't take effect. I'm > still getting the same error: > > java.lang.IllegalAccessError: class > com.sun.media.imageioimpl.plugins.pnm.PNMImageWriter > (in unamed module @0x52a256fc) cannot access class > sun.security.action.GetPropertyAction > (in module java.base) because module java.base does not export > sun.security.action to unnamed module @0x52a256fc > at com.sun.media.imageioimpl.plugins.pnm.PNMImageWriter.< > init>[PNMImageWriter.java:85] > > The META-INF/MANIFEST.MF looks like this: > > Manifest-Version: 1.0 > Trusted-Library: true > Application-Library-Allowable-Codebase: * > Application-Name: TheName > Permissions: all-permissions > *Add-Exports: java.base/sun.security.action* > Created-By: 1.6.0_24 (Sun Microsystems Inc.) > Caller-Allowable-Codebase: * > Main-Class: path.to.TheMainClass > Codebase: * > > Name: path/to/a/file.class > SHA1-Digest: thedigest > > (many more such class+digest pairs) > > Should this work or am I using it incorrectly? > > Thanks, > -- Tom > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Tom Hood <tom.w.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I need a little help understanding the difference between "Add-Exports:" >> in a jar's manifest vs. the command line arg --add-exports. I can get >> --add-exports to work, but not Add-Exports. >> >> JDK Version: 9 build 181 windows 64 >> >> Slide 23 of http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/talks/prepare-for-jd >> k9-j1-2016.pdf seems to suggest Add-Exports in the manifest as an >> alternative to --add-exports >> >> Our webstart-launched app requires a long list of --add-module and/or >> --add-exports command line options. The list is long enough that it >> exceeds a limit on number of args and webstart fails to launch the app with >> the popup "too many args to run". >> >> Specifically, I was trying to allow jai_imageio.jar (1.0_01) to access >> java.base/sun.security.action by adding >> --add-exports=java.base/sun.security.action=ALL-UNNAMED >> to the java-vm-args in the jnlp. However, that one additional arg pushed >> it over the edge and exceeded the limit. >> >> This is the full j2se element in our jnlp: >> >> <j2se version="1.9+" initial-heap-size="32m" max-heap-size="3072m" >> java-vm-args="--add-modules=java.corba --add-exports >> java.desktop/com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports >> java.desktop/sun.swing=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports >> java.desktop/sun.awt=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports >> java.desktop/sun.awt.image=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports >> java.desktop/sun.awt.windows=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports >> java.desktop/sun.awt.shell=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports >> java.desktop/sun.awt.dnd=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports >> java.base/sun.security.action=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=java.base/sun.se >> curity.action=ALL-UNNAMED"/> >> >> I then removed the last --add-exports to keep under the arg limit and >> instead added an Add-Exports line to the jai_imageio.jar >> META-INF/MANIFEST.MF >> >> Add-Exports: java.base/sun.security.action >> >> That doesn't appear to be taking affect. Am I using it incorrectly? >> >> Thanks, >> -- Tom >> >> >