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<p>Hi Jason/Tomaz, </p>
<p>Early Access <a href="https://jdk9.java.net/download/">b118</a>
for JDK 9 is available on java.net, summary of changes are listed
<a
href="http://www.java.net/download/java/jdk9/changes/jdk-9+118.html">here
</a>.</p>
<p>Early Access <a href="https://jdk9.java.net/jigsaw/">b118</a> <font
size="4">(#4913) </font>for JDK 9 with Project Jigsaw is
available on java.net. </p>
<p>JDK 9 Build 118 includes a refresh of the module system. <br>
</p>
There are several changes in this update, JDK 9 b118 has the updated
policy for root modules described <br>
in JEP 261 [1]. This means that java.corba and the 6 EE modules
aren't resolved by default and so it will <br>
look "as if" the types in these modules have been removed. More info
on the JDK 9 dev mailing list [2].<br>
<br>
A change that went into JDK 9 b102 is worth mentioning: <br>
JDK9: Remove stopThread RuntimePermission from the default
java.policy In previous releases, untrusted <br>
code had the "stopThread" RuntimePermission granted by default. This
permission allows untrusted code <br>
to call Thread.stop(), initiating an asynchronous ThreadDeath Error,
on threads in the same thread group. <br>
Having a ThreadDeath Error thrown asynchronously is not something
that trusted code should be expected <br>
to handle gracefully. The permission is no longer granted by
default.<br>
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<pre><font size="+1">Rgds,Rory</font>
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[1] <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/261">http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/261</a><br>
[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2016-May/004309.html">http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2016-May/004309.html</a><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin,Ireland</pre>
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