Removal of com.sun.javafx.robot

[Kevin Rushforth]

I didn't realize that anyone was using the old FXRobot. I don't remember 
this showing up on Jonathan's list of internal APIs that apps were 
using, but I may have missed it.

I see two choices: 1) revert the change as you suggested...the cost of 
keeping this code around isn't all that heavy; 2) add the missing 
functionality into glass robot. The former might be easier in the short 
term, but the latter is preferable.

-- Kevin


Benjamin Gudehus wrote:
> Hey,
>
> yesterday a code change was made [1, 2] which removes FXRobot and the
> com.sun.javafx.robot package in JavaFX 9.
>
>   
>> The com.sun.javafx.robot package contains obsolete, unused Prism
>>     
> functionality that was intended for testing automation. It was superseded
> long ago by glass Robot and should be removed as dead code.
>
> Unfortunately FXRobot allows a use-case which is not covered by the glass
> robot. In TestFX we use the FXRobot to fire keytyped events that allow to
> type arbitrary (Unicode) characters. This solves multiple issues related to
> non-english keyboards and special characters and simplifies simulation of
> keyboard input greatly. There is also a commercial JavaFX framework that
> uses FXRobot to solve this issue; I spoke with the developers a while ago.
>
> If possible, could this change be reverted?
>
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8156809
> [2] http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kcr/8156809/webrev.00/
>
> Regards,
> Benjamin
>