JDK-8155887 : Release Note: Removal of rarely used sun.misc.Unsafe methods
  • Type: Sub-task
  • Component: core-libs
  • Affected Version: 9
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Delivered
  • Submitted: 2016-05-03
  • Updated: 2017-09-22
  • Resolved: 2017-02-14
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JDK 9
9Resolved
Description
The methods monitorEnter, monitorExit and tryMonitorEnter on sun.misc.Unsafe are removed in JDK 9. These methods are not used within the JDK itself and are very rarely used outside of the JDK.
Comments
Moved release note to core-libs so that it can be grouped with other release notes for sun.misc.Unsafe.
02-07-2017