jdk/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/internal/ResourcePoolEntryFactory.java

*** 49,58 ****
--- 49,64 ----
      public static ResourcePoolEntry create(ResourcePoolEntry original, Path file) {
          return new PathResourcePoolEntry(original.moduleName(),
                  original.path(), original.type(), file);
      }
  
+     public static ResourcePoolEntry createSymbolicLink(String path,
+                                                        ResourcePoolEntry.Type type,
+                                                        ResourcePoolEntry target) {
+         return new SymLinkResourcePoolEntry(moduleFrom(path), path, type, target);
+     }
+ 
      private static String moduleFrom(String path) {
          Objects.requireNonNull(path);
          if (path.isEmpty() || path.charAt(0) != '/') {
              throw new IllegalArgumentException(path + " must start with /");
          }