Apple Extensions are not documented in Java 7 API Docs

Artem Ananiev artem.ananiev at oracle.com
Thu Aug 9 06:23:25 PDT 2012


On 8/9/2012 3:09 PM, Hendrik Schreiber wrote:
> On Aug 9, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Artem Ananiev wrote:
>>
>> Apple extensions are not a part of JDK specification, and I really doubt they will ever be. Applications should be ready to work without them at all.
>
> Yes, they are not part of the specs.
>
> But: It would be a huge mistake to remove them as they effectively allow developers to write halfway decent desktop apps.
> Making them unavailable would cripple the platform unecessarily.

I didn't say anything about confirmed plans to remove or keep them in 
JDK. I completely agree these classes allow Java applications behave and 
look more native.

My statement was to make sure everybody understands official status of 
any piece of code that is not public API.

Thanks,

Artem

> Thanks,
>
> -hendrik


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