Bair's proposal was further formalised by Iris Clark who has put the proposal to the vote. Code already exists for a porting layer which supports Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.īair hopes that there will be a JSR (Java Specification Request) for JFX in time for Java 9, which could include JFX as 'a proper part of the JDK'. It also hopes that the increased transparency from open sourcing the code and governance will improve adoption. The project will be called JFX and Oracle hopes the process will see a community develop around it the code includes 6000+ public API members, 11,500 unit tests, core libraries, scene graph, effects, CSS support, hardware acceleration support and UI controls and charts.

JavaFX was originally created by Sun as a standalone technology with its own scripting language, but since Sun's acquisition by Oracle, it has been revamped and repositioned as a general Java user interface toolkit with a modern architecture, supporting features such as hardware acceleration and CSS styling. Oracle's Richard Bair made the proposal on the OpenJDK mailing list, saying the company had talked about it for a long time, 'but finally (finally!) we're ready to act on it'. Now Oracle is formally proposing that the JavaFX user interface toolkit be open sourced under the OpenJDK project and is looking for it to be incorporated into Java 9. At the recent JavaOne conference, Oracle had said that it intended to open source JavaFX.

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