[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] Appropriate OpenJDK replacement for sun.font.FontManager?

Martijn Verburg martijnverburg at gmail.com
Thu Dec 1 16:00:40 UTC 2011


Hi Roman,

Exactly :-), yes they want to avoid using the internal APIs. After
your hint they were quickly able to find a library that wraps the
internal API, problem solved.

Cheers,
Martijn

On 1 December 2011 15:49, Roman Kennke <roman at kennke.org> wrote:
> Ah and of course... maybe you should try to avoid using internal APIs to
> begin with. What exactly are you trying to do with this?
>
> Regards, Roman
>
> Am Donnerstag, den 01.12.2011, 15:30 +0000 schrieb Martijn Verburg:
>> Thanks, that helps a bunch!
>>
>> On 1 December 2011 15:21, Roman Kennke <roman at kennke.org> wrote:
>> > Hi Martijn,
>> >
>> > we refactored the FontManager internal API, it's now:
>> >
>> > FontManagerFactory.getInstance().getNewComposite() (or whatever other
>> > FontManager static method it was before). There are a few methods that
>> > have been moved to other classes, but this one is still available in the
>> > FontManager interface (that's what it is now).
>> >
>> > I hope that helps.
>> >
>> > Regards, Roman
>> >
>> > Am Donnerstag, den 01.12.2011, 14:51 +0000 schrieb Martijn Verburg:
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> I'm dealing with a 3rd party-lib that is sadly using
>> >> sun.font.FontManager (getNewComposite in particular).  When moving to
>> >> Java 7 this breaks (not unexpectedly) and so they'd like some advice
>> >> on what would be an appropriate OpenJDK package to use instead of the
>> >> internal sun one.
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas?  I'm completely clueless when it comes to this part of the
>> >> OpenJDK :|.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Martijn
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>
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