aboutcode-org / aboutcode-org/scancode-toolkit
Add support for JMOD and JIMAGE as packages
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package scan
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Description
These formats were introduced with JDK 9 and are package-like
JMOD is Zip-like essentially a JAR++. When from Java proper, they typically have a root "legal" directory with licenses
See also
- https://github.com/nexB/extractcode/issues/24
- https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/tools/jmod.htm#JSWOR-GUID-0A0BDFF6-BE34-461B-86EF-AAC9A555E2AE
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44732915/why-did-java-9-introduce-the-jmod-file-format
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