Questions ad JavaScript in JavaFX' WebEngine

Rony G. Flatscher Rony.Flatscher at wu.ac.at
Fri May 8 14:01:58 UTC 2020


Wondering which JavaScript engine gets referred to in WebEngine [1].

In case it is currently (JavaFX 14) Nashorn [2], what happens after Nashorn gets removed from the
next [3] version? In case it is WebKit's JavaScriptCore [4] where can one study the interface from
WebEngine to it?

---rony

[1] WebEngine: <https://openjfx.io/javadoc/14/javafx.web/javafx/scene/web/class-use/WebEngine.html>
[2] Nashorn: <https://openjdk.java.net/projects/nashorn/>
[3] Nashorn removal from JDK 15: <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/372>
[4] JavaScriptCore: <https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/JavaScriptCore>




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