Early Access b138 for JDK 9 is available on java.net, summary of  changes are listed here .

Early Access b138 (#5561) for JDK 9 with Project Jigsaw is available on java.net, summary of  changes are listed here .

There have been a number of fixes to bugs reported by Open Source projects since the last availability email  :

• 8038348 - b137 - Instance field load is replaced by wrong data Phi
• 8041480 - b137 - ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when JTable contains certain string
• 8145542 - b137 - The case failed automatically and thrown java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException exception.
• 8151725 - b137  - [macosx] ArrayIndexOOB exception when displaying Devanagari text in JEditorPane

There are two proposals requesting feedback via mailing lists :

• One proposal to call out is #AwkwardStrongEncapsulation as this proposes to change setAccessible(true) so that it can't be used to break into non-public types/members in exported packages. This is a non-issue when using setAccessible to get access to non-public types/members of classes on the class path but will be an issue for code that uses this method to break into JDK-internals. We would appreciate as much help as possible testing these builds. If InaccessibleObjectException is thrown then examine the stack trace (run with -Dsun.reflect.debugModuleAccessChecks=true to uncover failed access attempts in code that shallows exceptions). If it looks like a library is attempting to access a non-public method or field of a platform class and make sure to submit a bug in the issue tracker for the library.

• This proposal might have a compatibility impact on IDEs or other tools that look in src.zip
• Feedback via the jigsaw-dev mailing list
  

• JavaOne Presentations
  
•  Recorded Presentations
• JDK 9 Schedule change proposal
• for proposed schedule proposal see [3]
  

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Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland