RFR: 8267551: Support loading images from inline data-URIs

[John Hendrikx]

I have a question about this.

Why would you make this part of JavaFX directly instead of offering it 
as a dependency that people can include in their project?

As far as I know, it is possible to register custom URL handlers in 
Java, which should be used automatically by JavaFX assuming it 
constructs its URL's in the standard way when extracting them from the CSS.

This can be done since Java 9+ via URLStreamHandlerProvider. You need to 
store the name of your provider in `META-INF/services`.

Any reason why this route isn't being taken?

--John

On 21/05/2021 19:58, Michael Strauß wrote:
> This PR adds support for loading images from [inline data URIs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_URI_scheme), which is also widely supported by web browsers. This enables developers to package small images in CSS files, rather than separately deploying the images alongside the CSS file.
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> Commit messages:
>  - Added data-URI loading support for images
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> Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/508/files
>  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jfx&pr=508&range=00
>   Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8267551
>   Stats: 437 lines in 8 files changed: 414 ins; 9 del; 14 mod
>   Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/508.diff
>   Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx pull/508/head:pull/508
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> PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/508
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