A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
On Java 8, Java classes referring to NashornException.getEcmaError() compile just fine.

On Java 9 and Java 10, using javac --release=8, compilation fails.

REGRESSION : Last worked in version 8u161

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
$ cat Test.java
import jdk.nashorn.api.scripting.NashornException;

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
       NashornException ne = new NashornException(null, null) { };
       ne.getEcmaError();
    }
}

$ JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8` java -version
java version "1.8.0_161"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_161-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.161-b12, mixed mode)

$ JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8` javac Test.java

$ java -version
java version "10.0.1" 2018-04-17
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.3 (build 10.0.1+10)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.3 (build 10.0.1+10, mixed mode)

$ javac --release=8 Test.java
Test.java:6: error: cannot find symbol
       ne.getEcmaError();
         ^
  symbol: method getEcmaError()
  location: variable ne of type NashornException
1 error


EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Expected compilation behavior of javac --release=8 on Java 9 and 10 to match compilation behavior on Java 8.
ACTUAL -
Instead, compilation fails on Java 9 and 10 with javac --release=8.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import jdk.nashorn.api.scripting.NashornException;

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
       NashornException ne = new NashornException(null, null) { };
       ne.getEcmaError();
    }
}

---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Compile using JDK8.

FREQUENCY : always