sun.misc.VM provides a low-level interface for a small number of specific operations with the VM. In preparation for JEP 260, this class should be moved out of sun.misc and located in a non-exported package [.
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~chegar/8145544/00/ Note: as in other areas some tests that require access to internal APIs have been updated to use types from a more stable package, sun.security.x509. -Chris. [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8145544
