The EA download [1] has been refreshed with new builds that are mostly
aligned with the current proposals for JPMS issues [2]. Not everything
is there yet of course (and some areas need a few more iterations) but
there is enough to test and try things out.
For #ReflectiveAccessToNonExportedTypes and #AwkwardStrongEncapsulation
then the initial support for `weak module` and `exports private` is in
place. These are probably the highest priority changes to try out.
The changes to setAccessible in #AwkwardStrongEncapsulation is going to
be disruptive and will no doubt expose hacks in many areas. We've run
into several of these already. The command line option to allow existing
code to break into non-public types/members is --add-exports-private.
The format of the value passed to this option is the same--add-exports.
With #AddExportsInManifest then there are equivalents in the application
JAR main manifest to try out too.
As part of the #ClassLoaderNames then the format of the stack trace
elements has changed.
For #ServiceLoaderEnhancements then the implementation is mostly
aligned, except for the static factory method which needs an update to
javac and SL to align with the proposal (should be there soon, just not
in this build).
Several people have brought up #ResourceEncapsulation and
#ClassFilesAsResources here so it would be good to try this out.
As always, the most valuable feedback is from those trying out the
builds so please let us know what you have tried and what works or
doesn't work.
-Alan
[1] https://jdk9.java.net/jigsaw/
[2]
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2016-September/009365.html
