RFR: 8365533: Remove outdated jdk.internal.javac package export to several modules from java.base

Jaikiran Pai jpai at openjdk.org
Thu Aug 14 12:23:12 UTC 2025


On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:34:59 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Can I please get a review of these change which removes the outdated use of `jdk.internal.javac.ParticipatesInPreview` and the qualified export of `jdk.internal.javac` package? This addresses https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8365533.
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> These qualified exports in `java.base` were added in https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8308753 when ClassFile API was in preview. Starting Java 24, ClassFile API is now a part of Java SE. These affected modules don't use any other preview feature, so there's no longer a need to export the `jdk.internal.javac` package to these modules.
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> tier1, tier2 and tier3 testing of this change completed without any related failures.

> See also #26765 ([JDK‑8365416](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8365416))

Right, that's what prompted me to start looking into this. The java.desktop change for which that other PR is open can go ahead independently.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26776#issuecomment-3188258941


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