Better tools for adjusting to strong encapsulation

[Stephen Colebourne]

On 23 March 2017 at 03:30,  <mark.reinhold at oracle.com> wrote:
> It appears that issuing warning messages for illegal-access operations
> enabled by the precise `--add-opens` and `--add-exports` options is a
> bit too aggressive, at least for JDK 9.  Perhaps we can enable that in
> JDK 10 after there's been more time for libraries, frameworks, and even
> the JDK itself to adjust to the realities of strong encapsulation.
>
> For now I suggest that we revert to the previous behavior of these two
> options, so that they do not cause warning messages to be issued.  The
> new `--permit-illegal-access` option will continue to generate warning
> messages, as proposed.  If those messages are a problem in a particular
> scenario then they can be eliminated by switching to an appropriate set
> of `--add-opens` options, which can be constructed from the information
> contained in those messages.

Sounds good.
Stephen