Is there a possibility for smaller JRE / packaging Java software for Softgrid

Question

My Java program is being distributed as a Microsoft App-V package (also known as Softgrid) on a customer. The JRE size is causing some headache, being quite large when distributed over slower connections (the App-V seems to cause the Java package to be included with the distribution and not as a zipped distribution but as a uncompressed, installed package).

Is there some possibility to have a smaller version of the JRE or something?

Or if somebody has good ideas on the distribution of the JRE with App-V package that could be fine also. (even though I don't have straight influence to the packaging) Come compression should be available but it doesn't seem to have so much effect.

Answer 1

You can look at bundling java kernel installer only. It is ~1MB in size. When installed, it will download java classes on demand.