<AWT Dev> RFR: 8179365 : JAWT (AWT Native Interface) specification needs to be updated for JDK 9

Sergey Bylokhov sergey.bylokhov at oracle.com
Thu Apr 27 20:36:19 UTC 2017


Looks fine.

----- philip.race at oracle.com wrote:

> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8179365
> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~prr/8179365/
> 
> the JAWT spec as currently published has not been maintained
> http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/awt/AWT_Native_Interface.html
> 
> and worse that location will not be published for 9.
> Also the spec needs to be updated for 9 to document the EmbeddedFrame
> 
> support.
> 
> This moves the JAWT spec into the new "spec" area specified by JEP 299
> (see
> the bug report for links on that) and will ensure that JAWT will be 
> documented in 9.
> 
> As well as documenting the missing APIs (including some from earlier 
> releases)
> it "freshens" the textual parts of the document.
> 
> Since the "spec" part is essentially a regurgitation of the header
> files 
> those
> had a few updates too. And the Mac one was not previously listed.
> 
> -phil.


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