RFR: 8223717: javafx printing: Support Specifying Print to File in the API [v3]

[Scott Palmer]

On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 22:25:53 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <kcr at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Phil Race has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   8223717: javafx printing: Support Specifying Print to File in the API
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> modules/javafx.graphics/src/main/java/javafx/print/JobSettings.java line 474:
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>> 472:      * encoded name of a filesystem file, to which the platform printer
>> 473:      * driver should spool the rendered print data.
>> 474:      * <p>
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> Can you add a sentence indicating that the URL needs to be a `file:` URL? And indicate what happens if it isn't (I presume it is ignored)?

As a potential user of this API I have to ask, why would this be a URL instead of a File or Path ?  Particularly if only "file:" URLs will be valid.  I can't think of a scenario where it won't always be an extra inconvenience to convert the path I have to a URL.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/543