Wednesday, August 8, 2018

APIs To Be Removed from Java 11

After seeing several APIs removed as part of Java 10, Java 11 (JSR 384) looks to remove some more APIs. In the recent OpenJDK java-se-spec-experts mailing list post "JSR 384 (Java SE 11) PFD Specification posted to jcp.org," Iris Clark announced the availability of the Java SE 11 (18.9) Proposed Final Draft Specification. This document lists APIs that are being removed as part of Java 11.

"Individual" (class/method) APIs are being removed in addition to the removal of entire modules.

Individual APIs Being Removed in JDK 11
Class/Method Being RemovedAdditional Notes / References
java.lang.Runtime.runFinalizersOnExit(boolean) Dangerous runFinalizersOnExit
Deprecating Java's Finalizer
java.lang.SecurityManager.checkAwtEventQueueAccess() Security Managers and Java SE JDK
JDK-8177554
JDK-8029886
JDK-8186535
java.lang.SecurityManager.checkMemberAccess(java.lang.Class,int)
java.lang.SecurityManager.checkSystemClipboardAccess()
java.lang.SecurityManager.checkTopLevelWindow(java.lang.Object)
java.lang.System.runFinalizersOnExit(boolean) Dangerous runFinalizersOnExit
Deprecating Java's Finalizer
java.lang.Thread.destroy() Thread Methods destroy() and stop(Throwable) Removed in JDK 11
java.lang.Thread.stop(java.lang.Throwable)

Module-level APIs Being Removed from Java 11
Name Module Removed Potential Third Party Replacement
JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF) java.activation Maven Artifact
Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) java.corba glassfish-corba
Aggregator Module for other modules listed in this table java.se.ee  
Java Transaction API (JTA) java.transaction Maven Artifact
Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) java.xml.bind Maven Artifact
Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) java.xml.ws Maven Artifact
Common Annotations java.xml.ws.annotation Maven Artifact

JEP 320 ["Remove the Java EE and CORBA Modules"] and the StackOverflow page "Replacements for deprecated JPMS modules with Java EE APIs" provide significantly more details on replacements for the Java SE EE/CORBA-related modules.

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