java-native-access / java-native-access/jna

Split the maven artifact into native libraries and core-jna

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Raised on the mailinglist:

I’d have liked to see separate Maven artifacts for “JNA with extract-at-runtime DLLs” and “JNA with pre-extracted DLLs, JNA not even trying to extract them” (even having the code path is scary, I did some serious debugging to make 150% sure that that can’t happen, but I’d have to redo that with every JNA update so I don’t like that one bit).

It should be investigated whether it is possible to split the native libraries from the core JNA code. This will not yield to a "JNA not even trying to extract them", but might be enough. The final nail in the coffin might be, that this might collide with the JPMS requirements.

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The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reviewing the Maven artifact layout and the project's JPMS requirements; done means establishing whether native libraries can be separated from core JNA and documenting the resulting artifact constraints.

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Tech stack
java
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
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Over a week
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Needs clarification
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