Deprecation of sun.jdk JBoss Module in JBoss EAP 8

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The module sun.jdk is now deprecated in EAP 8.

  • Migrating application from EAP 7 / 6 to EAP 8, application throwing ClassNotFoundException looking for sun.misc.Unsafe

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: sun.misc.Unsafe from [Module "deployment.example.war" from Service Module Loader]
    at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:200)
    at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:410)
    at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:398)
    at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:116)
    ... 55 more

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 8.x

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