Bug ID: JDK-8154426 Allow the equivalent of -XaddExports in the manifest of an application JAR file

Type: Enhancement
Component: tools
Sub-Component: launcher

Priority: P3
Status: Resolved
Resolution: Fixed

Submitted: 2016-04-18
Updated: 2016-10-10
Resolved: 2016-10-10

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JDK 9
9-repo-jigsawFixed

It has been proposed that an application JAR should support an attribute in the manifest that is the equivalent of -XaddExports.

Relates :	JDK-8136930 - Simplify use of module-system options by custom launchers
Relates :	JDK-8153077 - Allow -XaddExports be specified via the java-vm-args attribute