Usually this is not necessary, cause this is handled automatically by the given dependencies.

By using the --add-modules you can define the root modules to be resolved. The configuration in pom.xml file can look like this:

<addModules>
  <addModule>mod1</addModule>
  <addModule>first</addModule>
  .
  .
</addModules>

The command line equivalent for jlink is: --add-modules <mod>[,<mod>...].

These JVM arguments will be appended to the lib/modules file.
This parameter requires at least JDK 14.

The command line equivalent is: jlink --add-options="...".

Example:

  <addOptions>
    <addOption>-Xmx256m</addOption>
    <addOption>--enable-preview</addOption>
    <addOption>-Dvar=value</addOption>
  </addOptions>

Above example will result in jlink --add-options="-Xmx256m" --enable-preview -Dvar=value".

Add the option --bind-services or not.

Classifier to add to the artifact generated. If given, the artifact will be attached as a supplemental artifact. If not given this will create the main artifact which is the default behavior. If you try to do that a second time without using a classifier the build will fail.

Here you can define the compression of the resources being used. The command line equivalent is: -c, --compress=<level>.

The valid values for the level depend on the JDK:

For JDK 9+:

• 0: No compression. Equivalent to zip-0.
• 1: Constant String Sharing
• 2: Equivalent to zip-6.

For JDK 21+, those values are deprecated and to be removed in a future version. The supported values are:
zip-[0-9], where zip-0 provides no compression, and zip-9 provides the best compression.
Default is zip-6.

You can disable a plugin by using this option. --disable-plugin pluginName.

The byte order of the generated Java Run Time image. --endian <little|big>. If the endian is not given the default is: native.

Includes the list of locales where langtag is a BCP 47 language tag.

This option supports locale matching as defined in RFC 4647. Ensure that you add the module jdk.localedata when using this option.

The command line equivalent is: --include-locales=en,ja,*-IN.

<includeLocales>
  <includeLocale>en</includeLocale>
  <includeLocale>ja</includeLocale>
  <includeLocale>*-IN</includeLocale>
  .
  .
</includeLocales>

Specify the requirements for this jdk toolchain. This overrules the toolchain selected by the maven-toolchain-plugin.

note: requires at least Maven 3.3.1

Should the plugin generate a launcher script by means of jlink? The command line equivalent is: --launcher <name>=<module>[/<mainclass>]. The valid values for the level are: <name>=<module>[/<mainclass>].

Limit the universe of observable modules. The following gives an example of the configuration which can be used in the pom.xml file.

  <limitModules>
    <limitModule>mod1</limitModule>
    <limitModule>xyz</limitModule>
    .
    .
  </limitModules>

This configuration is the equivalent of the command line option: --limit-modules <mod>[,<mod>...]

Include additional paths on the --module-path option. Project dependencies and JDK modules are automatically added.

This will suppress to have an includes directory in the resulting Java Run Time Image. The JLink command line equivalent is: --no-header-files

This will suppress to have the man directory in the resulting Java Run Time Image. The JLink command line equivalent is: --no-man-pages

Timestamp for reproducible output archive entries, either formatted as ISO 8601 yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssXXX or as an int representing seconds since the epoch (like SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH).

Define the plugin module path to be used. There can be defined multiple entries separated by either ; or :. The jlink command line equivalent is: --plugin-module-path <modulepath>

Set the JDK location to create a Java custom runtime image.

This is intended to strip debug information out. The command line equivalent of jlink is: -G, --strip-debug strip debug information.

Suggest providers that implement the given service types from the module path.

<suggestProviders>
  <suggestProvider>name-a</suggestProvider>
  <suggestProvider>name-b</suggestProvider>
  .
  .
</suggestProviders>

The jlink command linke equivalent: --suggest-providers [<name>,...]

This will turn on verbose mode. The jlink command line equivalent is: --verbose