--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/media/sound/JDK13Services.java	Wed Aug 06 14:34:16 2014 +0400
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/media/sound/JDK13Services.java	Thu Aug 07 17:02:48 2014 +0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 package com.sun.media.sound;
 
+import java.security.AccessController;
+import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -176,11 +178,11 @@
                 && !Sequencer.class.equals(typeClass)) {
             return null;
         }
-        String value;
-        String propertyName = typeClass.getName();
-        value = JSSecurityManager.getProperty(propertyName);
+        String name = typeClass.getName();
+        String value = AccessController.doPrivileged(
+                (PrivilegedAction<String>) () -> System.getProperty(name));
         if (value == null) {
-            value = getProperties().getProperty(propertyName);
+            value = getProperties().getProperty(name);
         }
         if ("".equals(value)) {
             value = null;

--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/media/sound/JSSecurityManager.java	Wed Aug 06 14:34:16 2014 +0400
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/media/sound/JSSecurityManager.java	Thu Aug 07 17:02:48 2014 +0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -73,33 +73,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    static String getProperty(final String propertyName) {
-        String propertyValue;
-        if (hasSecurityManager()) {
-            if(Printer.debug) Printer.debug("using JDK 1.2 security to get property");
-            try{
-                PrivilegedAction<String> action = new PrivilegedAction<String>() {
-                        public String run() {
-                            try {
-                                return System.getProperty(propertyName);
-                            } catch (Throwable t) {
-                                return null;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    };
-                propertyValue = AccessController.doPrivileged(action);
-            } catch( Exception e ) {
-                if(Printer.debug) Printer.debug("not using JDK 1.2 security to get properties");
-                propertyValue = System.getProperty(propertyName);
-            }
-        } else {
-            if(Printer.debug) Printer.debug("not using JDK 1.2 security to get properties");
-            propertyValue = System.getProperty(propertyName);
-        }
-        return propertyValue;
-    }
-
-
     /** Load properties from a file.
         This method tries to load properties from the filename give into
         the passed properties object.

--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/media/sound/Platform.java	Wed Aug 06 14:34:16 2014 +0400
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/media/sound/Platform.java	Thu Aug 07 17:02:48 2014 +0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -74,17 +74,6 @@
     // intel is little-endian.  sparc is big-endian.
     private static boolean bigEndian;
 
-    // this is the value of the "java.home" system property.  i am looking it up here
-    // for use when trying to load the soundbank, just so
-    // that all the privileged code is localized in this file....
-    private static String javahome;
-
-    // this is the value of the "java.class.path" system property
-    private static String classpath;
-
-
-
-
     static {
         if(Printer.trace)Printer.trace(">> Platform.java: static");
 
@@ -129,26 +118,6 @@
         return signed8;
     }
 
-
-    /**
-     * Obtain javahome.
-     * $$kk: 04.16.99: this is *bad*!!
-     */
-    static String getJavahome() {
-
-        return javahome;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Obtain classpath.
-     * $$jb: 04.21.99: this is *bad* too!!
-     */
-    static String getClasspath() {
-
-        return classpath;
-    }
-
-
     // PRIVATE METHODS
 
     /**
@@ -157,21 +126,13 @@
     private static void loadLibraries() {
         if(Printer.trace)Printer.trace(">>Platform.loadLibraries");
 
-        try {
-            // load the main library
-            AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Void>() {
-                @Override
-                public Void run() {
-                    System.loadLibrary(libNameMain);
-                    return null;
-                }
-            });
-            // just for the heck of it...
-            loadedLibs |= LIB_MAIN;
-        } catch (SecurityException e) {
-            if(Printer.err)Printer.err("Security exception loading main native library.  JavaSound requires access to these resources.");
-            throw(e);
-        }
+        // load the main library
+        AccessController.doPrivileged((PrivilegedAction<Void>) () -> {
+            System.loadLibrary(libNameMain);
+            return null;
+        });
+        // just for the heck of it...
+        loadedLibs |= LIB_MAIN;
 
         // now try to load extra libs. They are defined at compile time in the Makefile
         // with the define EXTRA_SOUND_JNI_LIBS
@@ -181,12 +142,9 @@
         while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
             final String lib = st.nextToken();
             try {
-                AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Void>() {
-                    @Override
-                    public Void run() {
-                        System.loadLibrary(lib);
-                        return null;
-                    }
+                AccessController.doPrivileged((PrivilegedAction<Void>) () -> {
+                    System.loadLibrary(lib);
+                    return null;
                 });
 
                 if (lib.equals(libNameALSA)) {
@@ -239,7 +197,5 @@
         // $$fb 2002-03-06: implement check for endianness in native. Facilitates porting !
         bigEndian = nIsBigEndian();
         signed8 = nIsSigned8(); // Solaris on Sparc: signed, all others unsigned
-        javahome = JSSecurityManager.getProperty("java.home");
-        classpath = JSSecurityManager.getProperty("java.class.path");
     }
 }

--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/media/sound/SoftSynthesizer.java	Wed Aug 06 14:34:16 2014 +0400
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/media/sound/SoftSynthesizer.java	Thu Aug 07 17:02:48 2014 +0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2008, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -732,31 +733,28 @@
                  * Save generated soundbank to disk for faster future use.
                  */
                 OutputStream out = AccessController
-                        .doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<OutputStream>() {
-                            public OutputStream run() {
-                                try {
-                                    File userhome = new File(System
-                                            .getProperty("user.home"),
-                                            ".gervill");
-                                    if (!userhome.exists())
-                                        userhome.mkdirs();
-                                    File emg_soundbank_file = new File(
-                                            userhome, "soundbank-emg.sf2");
-                                    if (emg_soundbank_file.exists())
-                                        return null;
-                                    return new FileOutputStream(
-                                            emg_soundbank_file);
-                                } catch (IOException e) {
-                                } catch (SecurityException e) {
+                        .doPrivileged((PrivilegedAction<OutputStream>) () -> {
+                            try {
+                                File userhome = new File(System
+                                        .getProperty("user.home"), ".gervill");
+                                if (!userhome.exists()) {
+                                    userhome.mkdirs();
                                 }
-                                return null;
+                                File emg_soundbank_file = new File(
+                                        userhome, "soundbank-emg.sf2");
+                                if (emg_soundbank_file.exists()) {
+                                    return null;
+                                }
+                                return new FileOutputStream(emg_soundbank_file);
+                            } catch (final FileNotFoundException ignored) {
                             }
+                            return null;
                         });
                 if (out != null) {
                     try {
                         ((SF2Soundbank) defaultSoundBank).save(out);
                         out.close();
-                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                    } catch (final IOException ignored) {
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -846,26 +844,24 @@
 
     private Properties getStoredProperties() {
         return AccessController
-                .doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Properties>() {
-                    public Properties run() {
-                        Properties p = new Properties();
-                        String notePath = "/com/sun/media/sound/softsynthesizer";
-                        try {
-                            Preferences prefroot = Preferences.userRoot();
-                            if (prefroot.nodeExists(notePath)) {
-                                Preferences prefs = prefroot.node(notePath);
-                                String[] prefs_keys = prefs.keys();
-                                for (String prefs_key : prefs_keys) {
-                                    String val = prefs.get(prefs_key, null);
-                                    if (val != null)
-                                        p.setProperty(prefs_key, val);
+                .doPrivileged((PrivilegedAction<Properties>) () -> {
+                    Properties p = new Properties();
+                    String notePath = "/com/sun/media/sound/softsynthesizer";
+                    try {
+                        Preferences prefroot = Preferences.userRoot();
+                        if (prefroot.nodeExists(notePath)) {
+                            Preferences prefs = prefroot.node(notePath);
+                            String[] prefs_keys = prefs.keys();
+                            for (String prefs_key : prefs_keys) {
+                                String val = prefs.get(prefs_key, null);
+                                if (val != null) {
+                                    p.setProperty(prefs_key, val);
                                 }
                             }
-                        } catch (BackingStoreException e) {
-                        } catch (SecurityException e) {
                         }
-                        return p;
+                    } catch (final BackingStoreException ignored) {
                     }
+                    return p;
                 });
     }
 
@@ -1044,7 +1040,6 @@
             return;
         }
         synchronized (control_mutex) {
-            Throwable causeException = null;
             try {
                 if (line != null) {
                     // can throw IllegalArgumentException
@@ -1117,24 +1112,17 @@
                     weakstream.sourceDataLine = sourceDataLine;
                 }
 
-            } catch (LineUnavailableException e) {
-                causeException = e;
-            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-                causeException = e;
-            } catch (SecurityException e) {
-                causeException = e;
-            }
-
-            if (causeException != null) {
-                if (isOpen())
+            } catch (final LineUnavailableException | SecurityException
+                    | IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                if (isOpen()) {
                     close();
+                }
                 // am: need MidiUnavailableException(Throwable) ctor!
                 MidiUnavailableException ex = new MidiUnavailableException(
                         "Can not open line");
-                ex.initCause(causeException);
+                ex.initCause(e);
                 throw ex;
             }
-
         }
     }