On Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:04:48 GMT, Marius Hanl <[email protected]> wrote:

>> This PR is an optimization for `Node.styleClass` and `Parent.stylesheets`.
>> Instead of always initializing both properties with an empty list, we are 
>> creating (therefore allocating) the list on the first access instead.
>> Similar to many other lazy properties.
>> 
>> Why?
>> - `Parent.getStylesheets()` is very rarely used by developers and JavaFX 
>> code. So this list is very often completely unused and empty. Most 
>> developers usually only add stylesheets at the `Scene`
>> - `Node.getStyleClass()` is usually not used (empty) for layout containers 
>> such as `Pane` or `Group` or shapes. A JavaFX App usually consists of a good 
>> amount of such containers (or shapes)
>> 
>> So that our CSS code is not initializing both lists on access, I added 
>> related `NodeHelper` and `ParentHelper` methods to return `null` when both 
>> lists were not initialized and therefore used. Otherwise we return the list 
>> as before.
>> This will save us some memory and allocation, which is both good for the 
>> memory consumption but also for `Node` / `Parent` creation (time).
>> 
>> Added documentation and tests. Will do some measurements with some apps very 
>> soon and attach it here.
>> 
>> ---
>> 
>> # Benchmarks
>> 
>> I wrote a very small scene graph analyzer snippet to measure the memory gain.
>> Feel free to test this on your own apps!
>> 1. Get the `SceneGraphAnalyzer` here: 
>> [SceneGraphAnalyzer](https://gist.github.com/Maran23/38beca5b043e547e1a84749e3162c0b2)
>> 2. Add this code to your `Scene` and press the shortcut `F12` when all of 
>> the UI is loaded:
>> 
>>         scene.setOnKeyPressed(event -> {
>>             if (event.getCode() == KeyCode.F12) {
>>                 var analyzer = new SceneGraphAnalyzer();
>>                 var res = analyzer.analyze(scene);
>>                 res.print();
>>             }
>>         });
>> 
>> 3. If you have a modular app, add the following VM argument: `--add-opens 
>> javafx.graphics/javafx.scene=yourapp`
>> 
>> ## Projects
>> 
>> 1. Tested with 
>> [JFXCentral](https://github.com/dlsc-software-consulting-gmbh/jfxcentral2)
>> 
>> 
>> ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
>> ║ Scene Graph Analysis                             ║
>> ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
>> ║  Total nodes:                 654                ║
>> ║    ├─ Parent nodes:           388                ║
>> ║    └─ Leaf nodes:             266                ║
>> ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
>> ║  Null styleClass:         19 /  654  (  2.9%)    ║
>> ║  Null stylesheets:       3...
>
> Marius Hanl has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a 
> merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes 
> brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains four additional 
> commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/openjdk/jfx into 
> 8386663-Stylesheet/StyleClass-list-should-be-lazily-initialized
>  - MenuItem toString() should also use the new styleClass way.
>    
>    TwoLevelFocusListBehavior was very weirdly relying on the toString() 
> behavior
>  - Move styleClass.toString into Node.toString()
>  - 8386663: Stylesheet/StyleClass list should be lazily initialized

modules/javafx.controls/src/test/java/test/javafx/scene/control/PopupControlTest.java
 line 122:

> 120:         popup.getStyleClass().add("Hello");
> 121:         popup.getStyleClass().add("Goodbye");
> 122:         assertEquals("[Hello, Goodbye]", 
> popup.getStyleClass().toString());

wouldn't this be a breaking change?
if someone is relying on style classes being separated with a space instead of 
json?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2191#discussion_r3499461718

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