No and yes. The extension ClassLoader cannot be used to load the policy provider in jdk9. Jini's policy provider was loaded by the extension ClassLoader to avoid a deadlock bug. The only details of this bug we have are documented in net.jini.security.DynamicPolicyProvider's source comments.
I haven't checked yet, but it wont take long to try on Jenkins. Regards, Peter. Sent from my Samsung device. Include original message ---- Original message ---- From: Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> Sent: 10/08/2016 03:38:03 am To: dev@river.apache.org Subject: Testing Apache River with JDK 9 Early Access builds I have received a request from Oracle's OpenJDK Quality Group for information on any testing with have done with JDK 9 early access builds. Has any testing been done? Is that a reasonable project going forward?