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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p>Hi All, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>JDK 9 Early Access</b> build 170 is available at the new location : - <a href="http://jdk.java.net/9/">jdk.java.net/9/</a> <br><br>A summary of all the changes in this build are listed <a href="http://download.java.net/java/jdk9/changes/jdk-9+170.html">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p>Changes which were introduced since the last availability email that may be of interest :<o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>b168 - JDK-8175814: Update default HttpClient protocol version and optional request version <o:p></o:p></li><ul type=circle><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'>related to JEP 110 : HTTP/2 Client. <o:p></o:p></li></ul><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>b169 - JDK-8178380 : Module system implementation refresh (5/2017)<o:p></o:p></li><ul type=circle><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'>changes in command line options<o:p></o:p></li></ul><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>b170 - JDK-8177153 : LambdaMetafactory has default constructor <o:p></o:p></li><ul type=circle><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'>Incompatible change, release note: JDK-8180035<o:p></o:p></li></ul></ul><p><b>New Proposal - Mark Reinhold has asked for comments on the jigsaw-dev mailing list </b>[1] <o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Proposal: Allow illegal reflective access by default in JDK 9 <o:p></o:p></li></ul><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>In short, the existing "big kill switch" of the `--permit-illegal-access`<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>option [1] will become the default behavior of the JDK 9 run-time system,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>though without as many warnings. The current behavior of JDK 9, in which<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>illegal reflective-access operations from code on the class path are not<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>permitted, will become the default in a future release. Nothing will<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>change at compile time.<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>[1] <a href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2017-May/012673.html">http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2017-May/012673.html</a><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Abdul Muneer Kolarkunnu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Quality Engineer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Oracle, Bangalore, India<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>