JDK-8267055 : Release Note: JEP 403: Strongly Encapsulate JDK Internals
- Type: Sub-task
- Component: core-libs
- Affected Version: 17
- Priority: P3
- Status: Closed
- Resolution: Delivered
- Submitted: 2021-05-12
- Updated: 2022-03-23
- Resolved: 2022-03-23
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| JDK 17 |
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17Resolved  |
Description
Strongly encapsulate all internal elements of the JDK, except for [critical internal APIs][crit] such as `sun.misc.Unsafe`. With this change, the `java` launcher option [`--illegal-access`][relax] is obsolete. If used on the command line it causes a warning message to be issued, and otherwise has no effect. Existing code that must use internal classes, methods, or fields of the JDK can still be made to work by using the [`--add-opens`][add-opens] launcher option, or the [`Add-Opens`][modjar] JAR-file manifest attribute, to open specific packages. For further details, please see [JEP 403](https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/403). [crit]: https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/260#Description [relax]: https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/261#Relaxed-strong-encapsulation [add-opens]: https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/261#Breaking-encapsulation [modjar]: https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/261#Packaging:-Modular-JAR-files