Java devs rejoice as private APIs stay in -- for now | JavaWorld
More like this on IDG Answers Oracle crafted a workaround to keep the sun.misc.Unsafe API functional Email a friend From Sorry The issue has centered around sun.misc.Unsafe , an unsupported API that has been critical to third-party Java technology developers , such as in-memory data platform provider Hazelcast, who fear that a plan to eliminate access in Java 9 would render their products unworkable. But a JEP (JDK Enhancement Proposal) posted this week calling for encapsulating most internal APIs would leave a few, including sun.misc.Unsafe , accessible in Java 9. The Java upgrade is due next year. In an openjdk mailing list post this week, Oracle's Mark Reinhold, chief architect of the Java platform group, called encapsulation a part of the modularization of Java 9 , which is the upgrade's key feature. By default, these internal APIs would not be accessible to code outside the JDK. "This change will improve the integrity of the platform,Read full article from Java devs rejoice as private APIs stay in -- for now | JavaWorld
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