with the following Interface and allowing access to java.net.* it is possible to use own DNS provider with JDK8 and JDK9. The new Provider is installed via
"INameService.install(new MyNameService());"
public interface INameService extends InvocationHandler {
    public static void install(final INameService dns) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException, NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException, ClassNotFoundException {
        final Class<?> inetAddressClass = InetAddress.class;
        Object neu;
        Field nameServiceField;
        try {
            final Class<?> iface = Class.forName("java.net.InetAddress$NameService");
            nameServiceField = inetAddressClass.getDeclaredField("nameService");
            neu = Proxy.newProxyInstance(iface.getClassLoader(), new Class<?>[] { iface }, dns);
        } catch(final ClassNotFoundException|NoSuchFieldException e) {
            nameServiceField = inetAddressClass.getDeclaredField("nameServices");
            final Class<?> iface = Class.forName("sun.net.spi.nameservice.NameService");
            neu = Arrays.asList(Proxy.newProxyInstance(iface.getClassLoader(), new Class<?>[] { iface }, dns));
        }
        nameServiceField.setAccessible(true);
        nameServiceField.set(inetAddressClass, neu);
    }
    /**
     * Lookup a host mapping by name. Retrieve the IP addresses associated with a host
     *
     * @param host the specified hostname
     * @return array of IP addresses for the requested host
     * @throws UnknownHostException  if no IP address for the {@code host} could be found
     */
    InetAddress[] lookupAllHostAddr(final String host) throws UnknownHostException;
    /**
     * Lookup the host corresponding to the IP address provided
     *
     * @param addr byte array representing an IP address
     * @return {@code String} representing the host name mapping
     * @throws UnknownHostException
     *             if no host found for the specified IP address
     */
    String getHostByAddr(final byte[] addr) throws UnknownHostException;
    @Override default public Object invoke(final Object proxy, final Method method, final Object[] args) throws Throwable {
        switch(method.getName()) {
        case "lookupAllHostAddr": return lookupAllHostAddr((String)args[0]);
        case "getHostByAddr"    : return getHostByAddr    ((byte[])args[0]);
        default                 :
            final StringBuilder o = new StringBuilder();
            o.append(method.getReturnType().getCanonicalName()+" "+method.getName()+"(");
            final Class<?>[] ps = method.getParameterTypes();
            for(int i=0;i<ps.length;++i) {
                if(i>0) o.append(", ");
                o.append(ps[i].getCanonicalName()).append(" p").append(i);
            }
            o.append(")");
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(o.toString());
        }
    }
}