RFR: 8375588: Enhanced property metadata [v2]

[Michael Strauß]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:29:16 GMT, John Hendrikx <jhendrikx at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > the need for clearing is a bit overblown;
> 
> I agree; my point is that the property belongs in the container, not the child node. I know - grandfathered, nothing we can do at this point.

I understand that you don't like the idea of attached properties, and that you'd rather have narrow-scoped information colocated with layout containers. However, I'm glad that the JavaFX designers chose attached properties instead, as I think that this is a superior formalism. We're just finishing what they started.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2015#issuecomment-3780990137