diff -r 2c3cc4b01880 -r c16ac7a2eba4 src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/consumer/RecordingFile.java
--- a/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/consumer/RecordingFile.java	Wed Oct 30 16:14:56 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/consumer/RecordingFile.java	Wed Oct 30 19:43:52 2019 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2019, 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
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -40,8 +39,9 @@
 import jdk.jfr.internal.MetadataDescriptor;
 import jdk.jfr.internal.Type;
 import jdk.jfr.internal.consumer.ChunkHeader;
+import jdk.jfr.internal.consumer.ChunkParser;
+import jdk.jfr.internal.consumer.FileAccess;
 import jdk.jfr.internal.consumer.RecordingInput;
-import jdk.jfr.internal.consumer.RecordingInternals;
 
 /**
  * A recording file.
@@ -62,27 +62,6 @@
  * @since 9
  */
 public final class RecordingFile implements Closeable {
-    static{
-        RecordingInternals.INSTANCE = new RecordingInternals() {
-            public List<Type> readTypes(RecordingFile file) throws IOException {
-                return file.readTypes();
-            }
-
-            public boolean isLastEventInChunk(RecordingFile file) {
-                return file.isLastEventInChunk;
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public Object getOffsetDataTime(RecordedObject event, String name) {
-                return event.getOffsetDateTime(name);
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public void sort(List<RecordedEvent> events) {
-               Collections.sort(events, (e1, e2) -> Long.compare(e1.endTime, e2.endTime));
-            }
-        };
-    }
 
     private boolean isLastEventInChunk;
     private final File file;
@@ -104,7 +83,7 @@
      */
     public RecordingFile(Path file) throws IOException {
         this.file = file.toFile();
-        this.input = new RecordingInput(this.file);
+        this.input = new RecordingInput(this.file, FileAccess.UNPRIVILIGED);
         findNext();
     }
 
@@ -154,14 +133,15 @@
      */
     public List<EventType> readEventTypes() throws IOException {
         ensureOpen();
+        MetadataDescriptor previous = null;
         List<EventType> types = new ArrayList<>();
         HashSet<Long> foundIds = new HashSet<>();
-        try (RecordingInput ri = new RecordingInput(file)) {
+        try (RecordingInput ri = new RecordingInput(file, FileAccess.UNPRIVILIGED)) {
             ChunkHeader ch = new ChunkHeader(ri);
-            aggregateEventTypeForChunk(ch, types, foundIds);
+            aggregateEventTypeForChunk(ch, null, types, foundIds);
             while (!ch.isLastChunk()) {
                 ch = ch.nextHeader();
-                aggregateEventTypeForChunk(ch, types, foundIds);
+                previous = aggregateEventTypeForChunk(ch, previous, types, foundIds);
             }
         }
         return types;
@@ -169,37 +149,41 @@
 
     List<Type> readTypes() throws IOException  {
         ensureOpen();
+        MetadataDescriptor previous = null;
         List<Type> types = new ArrayList<>();
         HashSet<Long> foundIds = new HashSet<>();
-        try (RecordingInput ri = new RecordingInput(file)) {
+        try (RecordingInput ri = new RecordingInput(file, FileAccess.UNPRIVILIGED)) {
             ChunkHeader ch = new ChunkHeader(ri);
-            aggregateTypeForChunk(ch, types, foundIds);
+            ch.awaitFinished();
+            aggregateTypeForChunk(ch, null, types, foundIds);
             while (!ch.isLastChunk()) {
                 ch = ch.nextHeader();
-                aggregateTypeForChunk(ch, types, foundIds);
+                previous = aggregateTypeForChunk(ch, previous, types, foundIds);
             }
         }
         return types;
     }
 
-    private void aggregateTypeForChunk(ChunkHeader ch, List<Type> types, HashSet<Long> foundIds) throws IOException {
-        MetadataDescriptor m = ch.readMetadata();
+    private MetadataDescriptor aggregateTypeForChunk(ChunkHeader ch, MetadataDescriptor previous, List<Type> types, HashSet<Long> foundIds) throws IOException {
+        MetadataDescriptor m = ch.readMetadata(previous);
         for (Type t : m.getTypes()) {
             if (!foundIds.contains(t.getId())) {
                 types.add(t);
                 foundIds.add(t.getId());
             }
         }
+        return m;
     }
 
-    private static void aggregateEventTypeForChunk(ChunkHeader ch, List<EventType> types, HashSet<Long> foundIds) throws IOException {
-        MetadataDescriptor m = ch.readMetadata();
+    private static MetadataDescriptor aggregateEventTypeForChunk(ChunkHeader ch,  MetadataDescriptor previous, List<EventType> types, HashSet<Long> foundIds) throws IOException {
+        MetadataDescriptor m = ch.readMetadata(previous);
         for (EventType t : m.getEventTypes()) {
             if (!foundIds.contains(t.getId())) {
                 types.add(t);
                 foundIds.add(t.getId());
             }
         }
+        return m;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -246,6 +230,17 @@
         }
     }
 
+    // package protected
+    File getFile() {
+        return file;
+    }
+
+    // package protected
+    boolean isLastEventInChunk() {
+        return isLastEventInChunk;
+    }
+
+
     // either sets next to an event or sets eof to true
     private void findNext() throws IOException {
         while (nextEvent == null) {