RFR: 8299335: Monkey Tester Application [v14]

[Andy Goryachev]

On Mon, 1 May 2023 19:04:19 GMT, Andy Goryachev <angorya at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> tests/manual/monkey/README.md line 38:
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>>> 36: Applications stores the user preferences (window position, currently selected page, etc.) in `~/.MonkeyTester` directory.
>>> 37: 
>>> 38: To use a different directory, redefine the `user.home` system property, `-Duser.home=<DIR>`.
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>> I presume this is mainly so you can run multiple MonkeyTester instances without having them fight over the preferences, right? Maybe add a sentence to that effect?
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>> Possible future RFE: This might have other implications (e.g., it will change the location of the default WebView user data directory). Do you think it would it be better to have a custom  property that, when set, will be used instead of asking users to change `user.home`? This could be done later if you think it's worth doing.
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> good idea!  with your permission, I'll change to a different property name in another PR (there is also a rather dubious usage of setId() for the purposes of storing the preferences that I'd like to change).

Follow up RFE: [JDK-8307176](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8307176)

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1097#discussion_r1181813372