JDK 9 reviewers: I would like to reprise this thread
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2014-August/028181.html with an updated patch Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8054720 Patch: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bpb/8054720/webrev.01/ This changes builds on all platforms and passes the jdk_io and jdk_net tests on all platforms. Note that the patch posted in the original discussion thread has been moved to http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bpb/8054720/webrev.00/ Thanks, Brian