<Swing Dev> Public API for internal Swing classes.

[Alan Snyder]

Although not strictly a Swing issue, this request could be of interest for platform specific LAFs:

	JDK-8133998 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8133998> Provide public API to make natively rendered images cacheable




> On Aug 6, 2015, at 2:39 AM, Alexander Scherbatiy <alexandr.scherbatiy at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Some updates:
> 
> - Just forgot to mention that it is better to provide not only information about used internal API but also
> simple use cases where it shown in which way the internal API us used and which task it is intended to solve.
> 
> - It is better to use jdeps from JDK 9 where it is more up-to-date than in JDK 8,
>  although the jdeps description is listed on Java SE 8 page:
> https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/unix/jdeps.html
> 
> - The updated list of known requests is:
> 
>  JDK-8133039 Provide public API to sun.swing.UIAction#isEnabled(Object)
>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8133039
> 
>  JDK-8081411 Add an API for painting an icon with a SynthContext
>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8081411
> 
>  JDK-6274842 RFE: Provide a means for a custom look and feel to use desktop font antialiasing settings.
>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6274842
> 
>  JDK-8132119 Provide public API for text related methods in SwingUtilities2
>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8132119
> 
>  JDK-8132120 Provide public API for screen menu bar support on MacOS
>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8132120
> 
>  JDK-6274842 RFE: Provide a means for a custom look and feel to use desktop font antialiasing settings.
>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6274842
> 
> Thanks,
> Alexandr.
> 
> On 7/27/2015 3:30 PM, Alexander Scherbatiy wrote:
>> 
>> According to the JEP 200: The Modular JDK (see http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/200)
>> we expect that the standard Java SE modules will not export any internal packages.
>> 
>> It means that classes from internal packages (like sun.swing) will not be accessible.
>> 
>> For example:
>>  sun.swing.FilePane
>>  sun.swing.SwingUtilities2
>>  sun.swing.sun.swing.plaf.synth.SynthIcon
>> and others.
>> 
>> 
>> Please, let us known if you are using the internal Swing API and it is not possible to replace it by public API.
>> 
>> There are some known requests:
>> 
>>  JDK-8132119 Provide public API for text related methods in SwingUtilities2
>>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8132119
>> 
>>  JDK-8132120 Provide public API for screen menu bar support on MacOS
>>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8132120
>> 
>>  JDK-6274842 RFE: Provide a means for a custom look and feel to use desktop font antialiasing settings.
>>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6274842
>> 
>> 
>> If you don't know if you use these types (because you use 3rd party jars)
>> you can use the JDK 8 "jdeps" tool to find such dependencies :-
>> 
>> ~/jdk1.8/bin/jdeps
>> Usage: jdeps <options> <classes...>
>> where <classes> can be a pathname to a .class file, a directory, a JAR
>> file, or a fully-qualified class name
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Alexandr.
>> 
> 

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