I'm responding to your "moving he charts to a separate JPMS module". It would
make sense to have a javafx.charts, but at least charts are not in javafx.graphics or
lower. Javafx.controls is IMHO an okay-but-not-ideal JPMS module to have them in. But
since they are now, it's not really worth a refactor. Given the typical size of a
controls application, the charts classes won't make much of a difference.
Whether charts belong in OpenJFX in the first place, and this what I think you mean with
"core" (you have not established that concept either), is another topic. I
would say no, the chart library of Gerrit illustates that. But someone at some point
thought it was a good idea, just like half of Maven is/was in the JRE (a new HTTP client
implementation???). So because of backward compatibility keeping in OpenJFX what was in
Oracle's JRE makes sense. Call it historical debt or something. We just need a better
alternative and then the classes can be removed at some point in the future.
On 6-1-2019 10:43, John-Val Rose wrote:
So Tom are you saying that javafx.base and javafx.graphics are the only “core”
modules in JavaFX?
Has that ever been officially stated or established?
How can javafx.controls or javafx.fxml not be considered core modules?
There’s not much you can do with JavaFX without controls and FXML (albeit
optional) is a critical part of most JavaFX apps.
On 6 Jan 2019, at 20:27, Tom Eugelink <[email protected]> wrote:
But (I assumed charts was in core as Ramon said) taking a look at the javadoc;
charts are in the controls module, not in the core (javafx-base or
javafx-graphics). So that seems quite ok.
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/javafx.controls-summary.html
On 6-1-2019 02:58, John-Val Rose wrote:
I doubt any JavaFX application would use ALL the features so couldn’t you make
the same argument for “detachment” about many other parts of JavaFX?
And what are the “core components”? That is probably a subjective question.
On 6 Jan 2019, at 00:56, Ramon Santiago <[email protected]> wrote:
Yes, I meant removing charts from the core of JavaFX and moving he charts to a
separate JPMS module.
Why? They are not really core components are they? They are dead weight in
applications that never will use them.
On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 8:44 AM John-Val Rose <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Ramon,
I personally have never seen or heard of any such discussion and I’m not
entirely sure in which context you are using the word “module”.
Do you meaning simply removing charts from the core of JavaFX or do you mean
creating the charts as an actual module within JPMS?
Either way, can you tell us why you have thought of this idea?
Graciously,
John-Val
On 6 Jan 2019, at 00:33, Ramon Santiago <[email protected]> wrote:
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