Is it possible to access package scoped methods by reflection in Java 9 with Jigsaw?

Question

I have the following code to retrieve the default URLStreamHandlers for http and https which works in Java 8 by accessing the static package scoped method URL.getURLStreamHandler():

private URLStreamHandler getURLStreamHandler(String protocol) {
    try {
        Method method = URL.class.getDeclaredMethod("getURLStreamHandler", String.class);
        method.setAccessible(true);
        return (URLStreamHandler) method.invoke(null, protocol);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        logger.warning("could not access URL.getUrlStreamHandler");
        return null;
    }
}

Will this still be possible in Java 9 with jigsaw or will modifying the visibility in this way be prohibited?

The possibility to access them via access override may exist, but since package-private methods are not part of the official API, there is no guaranty that the method will exist at all… — Holger, Jun 16 '16 at 10:21

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

It used to be possible in an early prototype but it is no longer. Jigsaw's accessibility rules now restrict access to public elements (types, methods, fields) only.

In your example the call to method.setAccessible(true) will fail with a message similar to this one:

java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException: Unable to make getURLStreamHandler accessible: module java.... does not "opens java...." to unnamed module @1941a8ff

See this question for how to work around that.

Is it possible to access package scoped methods by reflection in Java 9 with Jigsaw?

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