Feedback from Hacking Java 9 at the Chicago Java Users Group

[dalibor topic]

On 27.06.2016 15:31, Freddy Guime wrote:
> Jan Fetyko:
> Trying out jdk9 build 9-ea+112: I can compile and run. But jvisualvm crashes with exception : Exception in thread "main" java.lang.SecurityException: setContextClassLoader at jdk.internal.misc.InnocuousThread.setContextClassLoader(java.base at 9-ea/InnocuousThread.java:104)

Please try again with the latest Early Access build, currently that's 
build 124. If the issue persists, please contact its developers, as 
Martijn indicated.

>
> Mirko:
>It is built on an eclipse platform but for some odd reason it would not recognize the JDK 9 software.

Please see 
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Adoption/JDK+9+Outreach#JDK9Outreach-Updateyourdependencies

> Jonathan Ross:
> Ran into a couple of issues with playing with Java 9 on one of my projects today:
> * A regression in type inference (easily fixed by simplifying the expressions/spelling out the type parameters)

Did you run into https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8075793 ? If 
not, please try again with the latest early access build, and file an 
issue at bugs.java.com if the problem persists with a reproducer.

> * Using IntelliJ 2016.1, I could compile and run everything (to 1.8 target) fine using the 111 build, but when I switched to 112 things broke:
> Error:IntelliLang Pattern Validator: sun/misc/Resource

Does the problem still occur with the latest early access build?

> * When playing with jshell, I found that java.util.ServiceLoader was not working as expected.

Does the problem still occur with the latest early access build?


> Mary G:
> Would it be possible to have the zip'ped distribution for Mac? Thanks!

Please file an issue on bugs.java.com. There was a similar issue for 
Windows at https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8080424 - I don't 
think there was one filed for OS X.

Meanwhile, if you'd like to create your own build, please see 
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Build/Supported+Build+Platforms 
and 
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/raw-file/c0591972ccee/README-builds.html 
.

> John Krupka:
> Tried to start groovyConsole and it crashed.

Does the problem still occur with the latest early access build?

> We also tried installing Leiningen for Clojure and that also exploded with missing sun.misc.Launcher.

Please see 
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Adoption/JDK+9+Outreach#JDK9Outreach-EncapsulateMostInternalAPIs

> Matt Sicker:
> Got a weird issue with locales
> assertEquals("12,00 €", new MessageFormat("{0,number,currency}", Locale.FRANCE).format(new Object[] {12}));
> Same problem with Locale.GERMANY, Locale.ITALY, etc.

Does the problem still occur with the latest early access build?

Please see 
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Adoption/JDK+9+Outreach#JDK9Outreach-UseCLDRLocaleDatabyDefault 
.

cheers,
dalibor topic


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