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What this changes

pnpm build no longer puts the whole JDK in one 125 MB jdk/image.jar. jdk/image.jar (31 MB) now holds java.base, every module-info.class, the jimage index and the java.home files around the classes. Each other module's classes go in jdk/<module>.jar, and lib/ct.sym (read only by javac --release) goes in jdk/ct.sym.jar. jlink already lays each module out in one contiguous run, so the split is byte slicing; the build fails if a module is ever in more than one place.

A host can now leave out the files of modules its pages never load. For example, a page that never sets localeData never reads jdk/jdk.localedata.jar (26 MB). Nothing changes for a host that serves everything: the bytes a session fetches stay within 0.2 MB of master.

• The boot pack index gets a p path start image:offset line for each later part of a file split across image files; the browser and Node readers follow a read across parts.
• A missing image file is fetched once: the console names it, and each class in it then fails to load (NoClassDefFoundError) instead of the VM throwing a JS error.
• Every file is now under 30 MB, so the README and docs/browser.md no longer say a gh-pages branch cannot hold the image.

Tests

• New unit tests: a file split across image files read through ImageBackend and HttpBackend, and a left-out part that reads as missing and warns once.
• WPILib 2027 robot-code workloads, run on dist/node.js: HAL tests 81/81, shim tests 229/229, three WPILib template compiles with output identical to master, and a TimedRobot loop. They pass on the full split and with 22 module files deleted (66 MB of image files instead of 125 MB).
• In headless Chromium: Hello, a template compile and a TimedRobot give the same results on master, the split image and the trimmed copy. With jdk/java.xml.jar deleted, DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance() throws a catchable NoClassDefFoundError and the console names the file.

Noticed, not fixed

• A cold template compile fetches 7 to 12 MB of image.jar in 64 KB Range blocks (100 to 180 requests), on top of javac.pack, which is recorded from a one-line compile. A larger recording would move most of that into the gzipped pack.
• javac.pack's lazy spans include java.base classes, so a program that never compiles still fetches the whole 2 MB pack once it touches one of them (seen with a TimedRobot).
• jlink --compress=zip-6 halves the image (125 to 62 MB), but at 1/10 CPU a cold template compile takes 24% longer (142 to 176 s), and it saves at most 3 MB per cold session, since hosts already gzip the packs. Not adopted.

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Summary

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• New Features

  • Large JDK resources are now split across multiple files, allowing compatible hosts to serve only the modules needed by their pages.
  • Resource reads can span multiple files, and missing files are handled without repeated requests.

• Documentation

  • Updated setup and browser guidance to explain serving the distribution, JDK file layout, and range-request requirements.

The build now splits linked JDK modules and ct.sym into separate JAR files. The HTTP and local image readers use indexed segments to read resources across archive boundaries. Documentation and tests describe and verify the split layout and range-read behavior.

Changes: JDK image splitting and reads

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Build split JDK content into archives scripts/build-web.ts, AGENTS.md, README.md, docs/development.md	The build writes linked modules other than java.base to separate JAR files and stores ct.sym in ct.sym.jar. It keeps java.base and unlinked modules in image.jar. The package and build documentation describes the JAR files and static serving paths.
Resolve and read HTTP image segments src/browser/http.ts, docs/browser.md, test/http-files.test.ts	The pack index records image segments. HttpBackend reads ranges from the matching archive and combines reads across segment boundaries. It records paths that return 404 to avoid repeating those requests. The guide documents archive contents and omission cases. Tests cover split and missing archives.
Read image resources across local archives src/image.ts, src/jimage.ts, test/image.test.ts	ImageBackend reads each resource segment from its corresponding archive. JImage.read returns null when a range is absent and still throws on a size mismatch. Tests cover ranges across archive boundaries and missing archives.

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Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant BrowserRuntime
  participant HttpBackend
  participant imagePart
  participant StaticHost
  BrowserRuntime->>HttpBackend: Request a resource range
  HttpBackend->>imagePart: Resolve the archive and offset
  imagePart-->>HttpBackend: Return the archive and segment length
  HttpBackend->>StaticHost: Request bytes from the selected archive
  StaticHost-->>HttpBackend: Return bytes or 404
  HttpBackend-->>BrowserRuntime: Return the range or null

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Possibly related issues

• Issue 42 describes splitting image.jar by module so files stay under the GitHub Pages size limit and pages can fetch only the modules they use. This PR implements the module archive split but does not complete the other release items listed in the issue.

Possibly related PRs

• Project516/java-web#4: This PR updates the ImageBackend reader contract and tests for the per-module archives introduced there.
• Project516/java-web#74: Both PRs change the README and browser guide statements about the large image.jar and GitHub Pages deployment.
• Project516/java-web#37: This PR splits the single image archive and updates the build and reader code introduced there.

Merge Risk: Low · up to ee554

The split JDK image reads work as intended. Two diagnostic gaps remain: network failures on a module jar can cause repeated requests with a misleading warning, and under Node a missing jar is not named in any message. Neither blocks merging, but both are worth addressing.

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This PR splits the JDK image into per-module JAR files (java.base stays in jdk/image.jar, each other module gets jdk/.jar, and ct.sym gets jdk/ct.sym.jar). The build script parses the jimage to find contiguous module runs and slices them into separate files. The HTTP and Node backends are updated to follow 'p path start image:offset' index entries for files split across images, and missing image files now return null/404 once with a console warning instead of throwing. Tests cover split-file reads and missing-file behavior.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/browser/http.ts:
- Around line 359-362: Update the request handling used by readWhole() so a
synchronous range-request failure is reported as a fetch failure and repeated
reads do not immediately repeat the failed requests. Distinguish transient
network failures from definitive 404s: suppress retries only temporarily or
through the existing retry policy, and allow a later retry to recover rather
than permanently adding transient failures to this.missing.

Review comments at @src/jimage.ts:
- Around line 66-67: Update ImageBackend.readRange to emit a one-time
console.warn naming the image file when imageFd access or readSync fails, while
preserving its existing null-return behavior. Do not change JImage.read’s
handling of null.

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WHATWG XMLHttpRequest synchronous send network error throws CORS failure network error specification

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- XMLHttpRequest Standard — https://xhr.spec.whatwg.org/
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- XMLHttpRequest Standard Review Draft August 2026 — https://www.dejavu.org/cgi-bin/get.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Fxhr.spec.whatwg.org%2F%2Freview-drafts%2F2026-08%2F&ver=93
- XMLHttpRequest Standard Review Draft August 2026 — https://www.es-ist-ein-krauss.de/includes/iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fxhr.spec.whatwg.org%2Freview-drafts%2F2026-08%2F
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Avoid repeated requests after an image fetch fails.

If a network error makes the synchronous range request throw, readWhole() can also fail without recording the image path. Later reads can repeat both requests and log the misleading compressed-range warning.

Avoid repeated requests and report the fetch failure. Preserve recovery from transient network failures instead of permanently marking every failed request as missing.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comment at @src/browser/http.ts around lines 359 - 362:
Update the request handling used by readWhole() so a synchronous range-request
failure is reported as a fetch failure and repeated reads do not immediately
repeat the failed requests. Distinguish transient network failures from
definitive 404s: suppress retries only temporarily or through the existing retry
policy, and allow a later retry to recover rather than permanently adding
transient failures to this.missing.

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Partly fixed in 870fc2b. A synchronous XHR throws the same NetworkError for a dropped connection and for a compressed range that fails to decode, so readRange cannot tell the two apart when send() throws. readWhole now makes the whole-file request first, and only warns about compressed ranges once that request succeeds. When it fails too, the read returns null with no misleading warning, and the next read tries again, so a transient failure can recover. Only a definite 404 is remembered in missing.

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@Project516 Thanks for clarifying. When both requests fail, no compressed-range warning is logged. Later reads retry, which allows recovery but can repeat requests during an outage. I accept that trade-off.

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Learnings used

Learnt from: CR
Repo: Project516/java-web PR: 0
File: docs/development.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-11-06T22:02:10.548Z
Learning: Applicability reference:
AGENTS.md: # java-web
## Commands
- `pnpm test` runs the tests, `pnpm typecheck` checks types; the OpenJDK suite
  needs inputs first (see docs/development.md)

Source excerpt:
# Development

## Tests

`pnpm build` also builds `dist/selftest/`, a browser check of library mode
(objects, fields, arrays, exceptions), page natives and javac.
`node scripts/serve.ts 8080 --like-github-pages` serves `dist/` the way GitHub
Pages does (compressed responses, with Range applied to the compressed bytes),
and `--compress-jars` also compresses `.jar` files; the page must pass there
too.

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This PR splits the JDK image into multiple files: java.base stays in jdk/image.jar, each other module gets its own jdk/.jar, and ct.sym goes to jdk/ct.sym.jar. The build script parses the jimage to extract module runs, the HTTP and Node backends now handle files split across image files via a new 'parts' index, and missing module files return NoClassDefFoundError instead of JS errors. A critical bug exists in the 'p' line parsing in src/browser/http.ts: it uses only one space delimiter instead of two, so it cannot correctly extract the start offset and image name from index lines like 'p /lib/modules 4 jdk.other:0'. This will break split-file reading in the browser.

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All points from the last review are settled in the threads.

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