1. AdoptOpenJDK
Running Web Start Applications
with
OpenJDK 8 - Eclipse OpenJ9
&
IcedTea-Web

2. AdoptOpenJDK
AdoptOpenJDK : Provides prebuilt OpenJDK binaries from
a fully open source set of build scripts and infrastructure.
Eclipse OpenJ9 : Optimized VM with low memory footprint,
fast startup time and high application throughput. In
OpenJDK8-with-Eclipse OpenJ9 build, the default VM in
OpenJDK8 is replaced with Eclipse OpenJ9
IcedTea-Web : Free software implementation of Java Web
Start and the Java web browser plugin running applets
Introduction

3. AdoptOpenJDK
• Download latest OpenJDK 8 with Eclipse OpenJ9 binary build from
AdoptOpenJDK
• Download IcedTea-Web binary build from icedtea.wildebeest.org
• Extract OpenJDK 8 and IcedTea binary builds into the Windows systems.
• Change directory to <IcedTea_Home>/bin.
• Set JAVA_HOME & PATH to extracted OpenJDK 8 with Eclipse OpenJ9
build.
• For example, if extracted path is C:UsersAdministratorDesktopwebstart, then
• set JAVA_HOME=C:UsersAdministratorDesktopwebstartOpenJDK8-
OPENJ9_x64_Windows_jdk8u181-b13_openj9-0.9.0jdk8u181-b13
• set PATH=%JAVA_HOME%jrebin;%JAVA_HOME%bin:%PATH
• Run javaws.bat <Sample_test.jnlp> (application starts running)
Setup & Execute Webstart Application

4. AdoptOpenJDK
• To customize your settings, use the IcedTea-Web control
panel itweb-settings.bat (equivalent to javacpl of
OracleJDK) available at <IcedTea-Web_Home>/bin
• Customer can test Webstart using
• Their webstart applications
• Webstart tests available at IcedTea-Web-Tests
• Webstart examples available at Oracle-tutorial
Additional Notes

5. AdoptOpenJDK
References
OpenJDK8-OpenJ9 binary: https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk8-
openj9-releases/releases/download/jdk8u181-b13_openj9-0.9.0/OpenJDK8-
OPENJ9_x64_Windows_jdk8u181-b13_openj9-0.9.0.zip
IcedTea-Web binary: http://icedtea.wildebeest.org/download/icedtea-web-
binaries/1.7.1/windows/icedtea-web-1.7.1.win.bin.zip
IcedTea-Web Tests: https://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web-Tests
Oracle Webstart Examples:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/webstart/examplesIndex.html
IcedTea-Web Home: https://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web