<AWT Dev> Review-request for 8048731: JEP 272: Platform-Specific Desktop Features

[Alexander Scherbatiy]

On 11/18/2015 10:12 AM, Alexander Zvegintsev wrote:
> Hello
>
> please review the fix
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~azvegint/jdk/9/8048731/
> for
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8048731
>
> This fix provides public support Mac OS X 
> features(com.apple.{eawt,eio}), adds support for various desktop
> features such as progress indication, dock overlays, dock menus, etc.
> This is done by extending java.awt.Desktop and adding java.awt.Taskbar 
> classes

    Could you provide some code snippets which illustrate how the 
introduced API should be used?

   Thanks,
   Alexandr.
>
> Linux support is limited by Unity, however this is not the only 
> limitation :) An app should be run via
> AppName.desktop file [0] with specified system property 
> -Djava.desktop.appName=AppName.desktop
>
> [0] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UnityLaunchersAndDesktopFiles
>
>