[jira] [Commented] (KARAF-3518) JDK9: endorsed directories not working any longer

["Guillaume Nodet (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Guillaume Nodet commented on KARAF-3518:
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I don't think we will be able to support deploy providers as OSGi bundles anymore and have them used automatically by the JVM through the usual APIs.  The reason is that what we do in the {{apache-karaf}} distribution it to deploy hacked versions of the specs, however, there will be no apache licensed version of those specs that works with java 9 in the short term.

What can be done is the following:
  * add a {{[KARAF_HOME]/lib/modules}} directory which will contain Java 9 modules
  * add those modules to the module path using {{--module-path}} option for javac
  * eventually export the packages from the system bundle
The obviously remove some dynamism because the providers can't be deployed as OSGi bundles at runtime.

If the client code supports it, some providers can be deployed as OSGi bundles instead, but the requirement will be for the client code to not use the usual factories to create instances of the providers, but to instantiate them directly.



> JDK9: endorsed directories not working any longer
> -------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: KARAF-3518
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KARAF-3518
>             Project: Karaf
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: karaf-core, karaf-os-integration
>    Affects Versions: 4.0.0.M3
>         Environment: OS X, 
> java version "1.9.0-ea"
> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.9.0-ea-b49)
> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.9.0-ea-b49, mixed mode)
>            Reporter: Achim Nierbeck
>            Assignee: Guillaume Nodet
>              Labels: java9
>             Fix For: 4.1.0
>
>
> following message is caught with JDK 1.9: 
> {code}
> -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.9.0.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/lib/endorsed:/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.9.0.jdk/Contents/Home/lib/endorsed:/Users/anierbeck/Development/server/apache-karaf-4.0.0.M2/lib/endorsed is not supported. Endorsed standards and standalone APIs
> in modular form will be supported via the concept of upgradeable modules.
> Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
> Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
> {code}



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