Support loading images from inline data-URIs

[Kevin Rushforth]

This seems like a very reasonable proposal. I'd like to see it 
documented in the Image class, so I'll mark it as needing a CSR.

-- Kevin


On 5/19/2021 1:36 PM, Michael Strauß wrote:
> I would like to propose adding support for loading images from inline
> data-URIs, as commonly supported by web browsers.
> This is a low-impact addition to the image loading infrastructure as
> seen in this draft PR: https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/508
>
> As a follow-on feature, I'd also like to support loading stylesheets
> from data-URIs.
> With both features implemented, developers have more flexibility in
> working with stylesheets.
>
> For example, it'd be possible to dynamically generate and add
> stylesheets to applications without deploying temporary files on disk.
> Another scenario would be to include small theme-specific icons in
> their respective stylesheets, which can simplify deployment.
>
> Any thoughts?