Swing and JavaFX thread merge

[Petr Pchelko]

Hello.

I've just pushed the fix to the repo, so it should be available in a couple of builds. 
However, it is an experimental feature, so we lack the documentation or examples on it. If you experience any issues with it - please contact me.

> 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)
It's -Djavafx.embed.singleThread=true

With best regards. Petr.

On Aug 8, 2013, at 3:50 PM, Artem Ananiev wrote:

> 
> 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,
>>>> 
>>