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Java 9: Building Robust Modular Applications
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Java 9: Building Robust Modular Applications

by Dr. Edward Lavieri, Peter Verhas, Jason Lee
April 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
910 pages
33h 21m
English
Packt Publishing
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Encapsulating most internal APIs [JEP-260]

JEP-260 was implemented to make the Java platform more secure. The core of this JEP's goal was to encapsulate the majority of internal APIs. Specifically, most of the JDK's internal APIs are no longer accessible by default. Currently, internal APIs deemed to be critical and widely-used remain accessible. In the future, we are likely to see functionality to replace them, and at that time, those internal APIs will not be accessible by default.

So, why is this change necessary? There are a few widely-used APIs that are unstable and, in some cases, not standardized. Unsupported APIs should not have access to internal details of the JDK. Therefore, JEP-260 resulted in increased security of the Java platform. ...

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