will plugin2/web start code be part of jdk7 later?

[Mike Swingler]

On Jan 11, 2011, at 9:38 AM, Stephen Bannasch wrote:

> This a great news ... but does anybody know why plugin2/web start is not part of the work.
> 
> I was looking forward to being able to fix some of the applet-related bugs I have reported.
> 
> I see on this project status page:
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>   http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenJDK/Mac+OS+X+Port+Project+Status
> 
> that Applets/Plugin2 and Web Start are not scoped to be part of this work because:
> 
>   'deploy' is not part of public JDK7"
> 
> I realize that this is not just a question for a macosx port ...

This is a more general question for the OpenJDK project.

> Does this mean that JDK7 for Mac OS X will not support applets/plugin2 or web start?

I think we will know more from Oracle when they get to the point of producing Mac OS X JDK7 binaries.

> Is 'deploy' scheduled to be part of JDK7 at some later time?

I don't know.

Regards,
Mike Swingler
Java Engineering
Apple Inc.