Java 9 is trying to modularize the platform and as such is changing how things are laid
out and potentially also downloaded / installed.
The proposed changes are listed here:
http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/220
One that may affect RHQ is "Removed: rt.jar and tools.jar",
where some plugins (jmx) or tooling (maven build) are currently relying
on tools.jar being present.
We need to keep an eye on this and test RHQ with early versions of 9
as soon as JigSaw has been added to Java 9
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