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Guide to create a native image from a Java Maven project
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Guide to create a native image from a Java Maven project

Prerequisites

  • GraalVM installed as JDK
  • Native Image installed via gu
  • Single jar file project

Guide

  1. Create a new maven project
  2. Add the maven assembly plugin and configure it to produce a single jar file with dependencies. For an example see Maven Single Jar Example
  3. Execute mvn package to produce the jar file with dependencies
  4. Execute java -jar [PROJECT_NAME]-jar-with-dependencies.jar to see if your program is able to execute
  5. Execute `native-image -jar [PROJECT_NAME]-jar-with-dependencies.jar [TARGET_NATIVE_FILE_NAME]
  6. Execute ./[TARGET_NATIVE_FILE_NAME] to see if it is able to execute.
  7. Under Linux you can use time to see the actual execution time of both programs.
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