Why there is no WebWorker like mechanism for JavaFX

[Benjamin Gudehus]

The JavaFX API offers Worker class for long running tasks.

If you want to execute JavaScript code without DOM and JavaFX you can use
the Nashorn JS Virtual machine, which is included in Java 8. I guess the
Nashorn documentation also has examples how it's used with the Java
scripting API.
On Dec 8, 2015 1:50 PM, "Rahman USTA" <rahman.usta.88 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm really enjoying developing apps in JavaFX, but I think there is a
> limitation point;
>
> When we think HTML5, there is WebWorker to run long-running tasks in
> another process. So, we know WebWorker has no DOM access, it is generally
> used computational needs.
>
> Ok, We can run long-running tasks in JavaFX with many threading services,
> but there is one exception;
>
> There are a lot of JavaScript libraries, and executing them in WebView
> needs JavaFX Application Thread. But, what if your JS code takes long time
> to execute ? Your UI will hang. Is it required to execute JS code in
> WebView if it is not accessing DOM API?
>
> Thanks.
>
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> Rahman USTA
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