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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion README.md
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Expand Up @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ You can also build and run each example as a native app.
- Micronaut: `./gradlew nativeCompile`
- Quarkus: `quarkus build --native`
- Spring Boot: `./gradlew nativeCompile`
- Helidon: `mvn package -Pnative-image` (imperative) or `mvn package -Pjlink-image` (reactive, which uses a jlink image because no GraalVM release supports Java 27 yet)
- Helidon: `mvn package -Pnative-image` (imperative) or `mvn package -Pjlink-image` (reactive, which uses a jlink image because Helidon 27 requires Java 27 and GraalVM releases are based on Java 25)

Then, start each app as a native executable.

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=== Build a Helidon jlink image with an AOT cache

Helidon 27 requires Java 27, and no GraalVM release supports Java 27 yet, so this app uses a custom Java runtime image with an ahead-of-time (AOT) cache instead of a native executable.
Helidon 27 requires Java 27, but GraalVM releases are based on Java 25, so this app uses a custom Java runtime image with an ahead-of-time (AOT) cache instead of a native executable.

. Build the runtime image using the `jlink-image` profile:

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