RFR: 8150564: Migrate useful ExtendedRobot methods into awt.Robot [v19]

[Alisen Chung]

On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:12:22 GMT, Harshitha Onkar <honkar at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> test/jdk/lib/client/ExtendedRobot.java line 237:
>> 
>>> 235:     public void glide(Point src, Point dest) {
>>> 236:         glide(src.x, src.y, dest.x, dest.y, DEFAULT_STEP_LENGTH, DEFAULT_SPEED);
>>> 237:     }
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>> @alisenchung 
>> 
>> Shouldn't `glide(Point src, Point dest)` and `glide(Point dest)` be retained in ExtendedRobot
>> In [previous comment](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/22044/files#r2085671341) it was mentioned that these methods won't be migrated so do they need to be retained in ExtendedRobot ?
>> 
>> I see `MultipleMouseButtonsTest.java` using `glide(Point src, Point dest)`. There are two options here:
>> 
>> 1) Either update the test to use Robot's glide()
>> change the line `robot.glide(origin, center)` to `robot.glide(origin.x, origin.y, center.x, center.y);`  and completely remove ExtendedRobot versions of glide.
>> 
>> 2) Or retain these two convenience methods in ExtendedRobot.
>
> There are few other tests that use ExtendedRobot version of glide() so probably option 2 (retaining the two convenience methods in ExtendedRobot) might be a better option.

I think ideally ER will be removed in the future so depending on the number of tests using glide(point), I will either change the tests or readd glide(point) to Robot.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22044#discussion_r2143350122