Swing and JavaFX thread merge

[Artem Ananiev]

On 8/8/2013 1:45 AM, Jeff Martin wrote:
> I thought I was getting this automatically - when I run on my
> desktop, I can bring up a JOptionPane from a Swing thread and
> JFXPanels (correctly) block. But when I run from Java Web Start, they
> don't, and I end up with sporadic SwingUtilities.computeIntersection
> NullPointerException.

Once these two JDK/JavaFX bugs are resolved, scenario with JOptionPane 
you described will work. As I wrote, it won't work by default in JDK8, 
you'll need to run your app with certain system property (something like 
-Djavafx.swing.singlethreaded=true).

> Is there a secret setting that has a different default with JAWS?

NPEs look like a bug, either in AWT/FX, or in your application. I really 
doubt it's related to Java Web Start. Could you provide a test to 
reproduce the exceptions, please?

Thanks,

Artem

> jeff
>
>
> On Aug 7, 2013, at 5:06 AM, Artem Ananiev <artem.ananiev at oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Pedro Duque Vieira,
>>
>> this is in progress. JDK part is tracked in 8015477:
>>
>> http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=8015477
>>
>> JavaFX part is described in RT-30694:
>>
>> https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-30694
>>
>> Note that in JDK8/JavaFX8 single-threaded mode will not be a part of public API, it will be an experimental feature.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Artem
>>
>> On 8/7/2013 2:43 AM, Pedro Duque Vieira wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Some time ago there was a patch submitted which for all purposes merged the
>>> swing and javafx thread, making it easier for developers working on a
>>> swing/javafx app - http://wiki.apidesign.org/wiki/JavaFX
>>>
>>> Is this available now (I was under the impression it is)? How do I use it?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>