Integrated: 8321603: Bump minimum JDK version for JavaFX to JDK 21

Fri Feb 23 15:03:03 UTC 2024

On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:38:14 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <kcr at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This PR bumps the minimum version of the JDK needed to run JavaFX to **JDK 21**.
> 
> In order for JavaFX to be able to use newer JDK features, such as code snippets (in API docs), record patterns, pattern matching for switch statements, and so forth, we need to increase the minimum version of the JDK required run the latest JavaFX. Additionally, there is an ongoing cost to keeping JavaFX buildable and runnable on older versions of Java, and little reason to continue to do so.
> 
> This is targeted to JavaFX 23, and must not be backported to any earlier version. This needs a CSR and a release note.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: afa206b5
Author:    Kevin Rushforth <kcr at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/commit/afa206b546a580a784d830712be174bb84f09ee9
Stats:     8 lines in 3 files changed: 0 ins; 3 del; 5 mod

8321603: Bump minimum JDK version for JavaFX to JDK 21

Reviewed-by: angorya, jvos, prr

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1370