Gradle support for getting :web:test working properly

[Jesper Skov]

I have created https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/202 with a suggested
implementation.

Looking for feedback.

Cheers,
Jesper

On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 5:13 PM Jesper Skov <jskov at zoftcorp.dk> wrote:

> Thanks, I will give it a shot.
>
> Jesper
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 7:45 PM Kevin Rushforth <
> kevin.rushforth at oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> That's an interesting idea that might be worth pursuing. It would help
>> mitigate what has been a long-standing pain point for developers who
>> don't want to build media or web, but would like to run them. I would
>> caution, though, that it is still not a substitute for building both
>> media and WebKit yourself, since it will still not work reliably in the
>> case where there is an interface change or some other mutually dependent
>> change between the native media or web library and Java class files. In
>> those cases you are stuck until a new EA build is available.
>>
>> If you do want to pursue this, then as long as the dependency on
>> org.openjfx:javafx-web and org.openjfx:javafx-media is localized to the
>> downloading and unpacking step you mentioned, this would be fine with
>> me. Maybe others could help test it on Mac and Windows.
>>
>> As for the name of the new property, maybe STUB_RUNTIME_OPENJFX? The
>> easiest way to implement this might be to set the value of
>> `defaultStubRuntime` to the directory into which you unpack it
>> (underneath either build or buildSrc/build).
>>
>> -- Kevin
>>
>>
>> On 4/23/2020 1:14 AM, Jesper Skov wrote:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I struggled somewhat to get :web:test running with -PSTUB_RUNTIME.
>> >
>> > The JVM kept crashing by what turned out to be missing media
>> > libraries (the failure message was hidden).
>> >
>> > I tried building with -PCOMPILE_WEBKIT=true, but it takes a terrible
>> > long time on my laptop. And did not in itself fix the problem.
>> >
>> > Frustrations and lost time was the only real outcome of this :)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > So I would suggest adding logic to the build file to allow something
>> > like:
>> >
>> >      gradlew -PSTUB_RUNTIME_USE=15-ea+4 all test
>> >
>> > This should download org.openjfx:javafx-web and
>> > org.openjfx:javafx-media artifacts in the specified version.
>> >
>> > Then unpack the shared libraries to a build folder, and make them
>> > availble via the STUB_RUNTIME logic.
>> >
>> >
>> > Plus an addition to the CONTRIBUTING.md documenting this.
>> >
>> >
>> > I would be happy to help make and/or test the changes, but am only
>> > able to work on Linux.
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Jesper
>>
>