I quickly checked but had not enough spare time to dig deeper. 
Probably doing in the next days.

Txs for the ping though, higly appreciated!

LieGrue,
strub



> Am 22.06.2015 um 13:30 schrieb Rory O'Donnell <[email protected]>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Just wondering if anyone has had a chance to run the jdeps tool to check for 
> dependencies on JDK-Internal APIs ?
> 
> Rgds,Rory
> 
> On 15/06/2015 14:08, Rory O'Donnell wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, 
>> 
>> My name is Rory O'Donnell, I am the OpenJDK Quality Group Lead.  
>> 
>> I'm contacting you because your open source project seems to be a very 
>> popular dependency for other open source projects.
>> As part of the preparations for JDK 9, Oracle’s engineers have been 
>> analyzing open source projects like yours to understand usage. One area of 
>> concern involves identifying compatibility problems, such as reliance on 
>> JDK-internal APIs. 
>> 
>> Our engineers have already prepared guidance on migrating some of the more 
>> common usage patterns of JDK-internal APIs to supported public interfaces.  
>> The list is on the OpenJDK wiki [0].
>> 
>> As part of the ongoing development of JDK 9, I would like to inquire about 
>> your usage of  JDK-internal APIs and to encourage migration towards 
>> supported Java APIs if necessary.
>> 
>> The first step is to identify if your application(s) is leveraging internal 
>> APIs. 
>> 
>>   Step 1: Download JDeps. 
>> Just download a preview release of JDK8(JDeps Download). You do not need to 
>> actually test or run your application on JDK8.  JDeps(Docs) looks through 
>> JAR files and identifies which JAR files use internal APIs and then lists 
>> those APIs.    
>>   Step 2: To run JDeps against an application. The command looks like:
>> jdk8/bin/jdeps -P -jdkinternals *.jar > your-application.jdeps.txt
>> 
>> The output inside your-application.jdeps.txt will look like:
>> 
>> your.package (Filename.jar)
>>       -> com.sun.corba.se            JDK internal API (rt.jar)
>> 3rd party library using Internal APIs:
>> If your analysis uncovers a third-party component that you rely on, you can 
>> contact the provider and let them know of the upcoming changes. You can then 
>> either work with the provider to get an updated library that won't rely on 
>> Internal APIs, or you can find an alternative provider for the capabilities 
>> that the offending library provides.
>> 
>> Dynamic use of Internal APIs:
>> JDeps can not detect dynamic use of internal APIs, for example through 
>> reflection, service loaders and similar mechanisms.
>> 
>> Rgds,Rory 
>> 
>> [0] https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/JDK8/Java+Dependency+Analysis+Tool
>> -- 
>> Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
>> Quality Engineering Manager
>> Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland 
>> 
> 
> -- 
> Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
> Quality Engineering Manager
> Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland 
> 

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