Java SplashScreen 是如何工作的?

How Java SplashScreen works?

我需要在 java 中实现 SplashScreen,我目前正在向 How to Create a Splash Screen 学习,但是有一段说

Fortunately, Java™ SE 6 provides a solution that allows the application to display the splash screen much earlier, even before the virtual machine starts. A Java application launcher is able to decode an image and display it in a simple non-decorated window.

如果 SplashScreen 是 java class,即使虚拟机启动,java 运行 SplashScreen 怎么可能?

如果您在 jar MANIFEST 文件中定义启动画面,它会在 Java VM 启动之前加载并使用本机代码显示。在这种情况下无需加载 class。稍后,您可以获取 SplashScreen 实例来编辑 and/or 关闭它。

清单条目:

SplashScreen-Image: images/splash.gif

或命令行选项:

-splash:images/nnn.gif

Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE, formerly known as J2SE) version 6, provides a solution that allows the application to show the splash screen much earlier, even before the virtual machine starts. Now, a Java application launcher is able to decode an image and display it in a simple nondecorated window.

来源: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/javase/splashscreen-135938.html