Re: Platform.isSupported behavior

2013-11-19 Thread Daniel Blaukopf
Hi Stas,

On Nov 19, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Stas Smirnov  wrote:

> Hi Daniel,
> 
> about caching, I placed it in the list, because there is no spec telling 
> about it, and anyone can add/remove it, that why it is an object of concern.
> It will be great to hear from Controls team, cause from my point of view, 
> dynamical change of controls behavior will improve usability. 
> Talking about ObservableBooleanValue, nice idea, I think it will be really 
> better, than having boolean return value. Are you going to implement it?

Eventually and after more discussion. From my point of view none of this 
discussion is about Java 8 - there aren’t going to be any more API changes or 
non-critical changes to controls behavior in that time frame. Would you open a 
JIRA for this, targeted at 9?

Thanks,
Daniel

> 
> 19.11.2013 13:32, Daniel Blaukopf пишет:
>> Hi Stas,
>> 
>> Yes, you have a good point here. The behavior you are seeing is what I would 
>> expect, but I agree we could do better in how we specify this. Currently,
>> States reported by Platform.isSupported are updated when input devices are 
>> added and removed
>> Controls check the connected input devices at startup time. They do not 
>> change their behavior on the fly as input devices are added and removed.
>> 
>> Enabling listening to state changes certainly makes sense - probably by 
>> defining state in ObservableProperties. I’m not sure we actually want 
>> controls to reconfigure themselves dynamically and automatically though. 
>> Maybe someone working on controls can comment on this, but it seems like it 
>> would be a complex transition with many edge cases to deal with.
>> 
>> Why change caching of input device state in Lens and Quantum though? Lens 
>> needs to cache the state of input devices in order to be able to report on 
>> what input features are available. I’m not sure Quantum is doing any caching 
>> of this state at all - as far as I know it is going directly to Glass to 
>> query input device features. Controls do of course cache input device state.
>> 
>> A thought about API for listening to state changes. What if we added an API 
>> to Platform like Platform.isSupported that instead of returning a boolean 
>> returned an ObservableBooleanValue? This listener would never be notified on 
>> conditional features like EFFECT or SCENE3D but would be notified on those 
>> conditional features that reflect input device state.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Daniel
>> 
>> On Nov 19, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Stas Smirnov  
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> Lately I have faced a strange behavior while I was using JavaFX Embedded 
>>> and touch screen.
>>> As far as I understand there is no spec where I can find this information, 
>>> that is why I decided to ask the community.
>>> I have developed a simple application with one text field and a button. I 
>>> run it using JavaFX Embedded runtime with LCD+touch monitor connected to an 
>>> abstract board.
>>> As a result I can see touch mode in the application, the virtual keyboard 
>>> and other touch features. However if I plug out the touch part, connect 
>>> mouse, at the runtime, the application does not change its appearance and 
>>> behavior, the vk is still available with all touch features. So only 
>>> restart of the application disables touch mode.
>>> I know that there is Platform.isSupported method to detect different 
>>> states, and touch is one of them. So I have checked, that, when I during 
>>> the runtime plug in/out touch and press the button to check 
>>> Platform.isSupported value, I can see it changes every time I plug in/out 
>>> the touch screen.
>>> I assume it happens, because every time I call Platform.isSupported the 
>>> real check is being performed and because of that its value changes. But 
>>> once again, there is no spec to check it.
>>> I have a proposal:
>>> 
>>> * what if there will be some kind of listener to handle state changes
>>> * add this listener to the controls where they ask
>>>   Platform.isSupported to make controls change their appearance and
>>>   behavior
>>> * disable caching of the state in the platform(lens, quantum)
>>> * create specification where the realization will be described
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> Stas Smirnov
>>> 
>>> Stas Smirnov | Java Embedded
>>> Phone: +7 812 3346130 | Mobile: +7 921 9262241
>>> Oracle Development SPB, LLC
>>> 10th Krasnoarmeyskaya 22A, St. Petersburg, 190103, Russia
>>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Stas Smirnov
> Stas Smirnov | Java Embedded 
> Phone: +7 812 3346130 | Mobile: +7 921 9262241
> Oracle Development SPB, LLC
> 10th Krasnoarmeyskaya 22A, St. Petersburg, 190103, Russia



Re: Platform.isSupported behavior

2013-11-19 Thread Stas Smirnov

Hi Daniel,

about caching, I placed it in the list, because there is no spec telling 
about it, and anyone can add/remove it, that why it is an object of concern.
It will be great to hear from Controls team, cause from my point of 
view, dynamical change of controls behavior will improve usability.
Talking about ObservableBooleanValue, nice idea, I think it will be 
really better, than having boolean return value. Are you going to 
implement it?


19.11.2013 13:32, Daniel Blaukopf ?:

Hi Stas,

Yes, you have a good point here. The behavior you are seeing is what I 
would expect, but I agree we could do better in how we specify this. 
Currently,


  * States reported by Platform.isSupported are updated when input
devices are added and removed
  * Controls check the connected input devices at startup time. They
do not change their behavior on the fly as input devices are added
and removed.


Enabling listening to state changes certainly makes sense - probably 
by defining state in ObservableProperties. I’m not sure we actually 
want controls to reconfigure themselves dynamically and automatically 
though. Maybe someone working on controls can comment on this, but it 
seems like it would be a complex transition with many edge cases to 
deal with.


Why change caching of input device state in Lens and Quantum though? 
Lens needs to cache the state of input devices in order to be able to 
report on what input features are available. I’m not sure Quantum is 
doing any caching of this state at all - as far as I know it is going 
directly to Glass to query input device features. Controls do of 
course cache input device state.


A thought about API for listening to state changes. What if we added 
an API to Platform like Platform.isSupported that instead of returning 
a boolean returned an ObservableBooleanValue? This listener would 
never be notified on conditional features like EFFECT or SCENE3D but 
would be notified on those conditional features that reflect input 
device state.


Thanks,
Daniel

On Nov 19, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Stas Smirnov 
mailto:stanislav.smir...@oracle.com>> 
wrote:



Hello,

Lately I have faced a strange behavior while I was using JavaFX 
Embedded and touch screen.
As far as I understand there is no spec where I can find this 
information, that is why I decided to ask the community.
I have developed a simple application with one text field and a 
button. I run it using JavaFX Embedded runtime with LCD+touch monitor 
connected to an abstract board.
As a result I can see touch mode in the application, the virtual 
keyboard and other touch features. However if I plug out the touch 
part, connect mouse, at the runtime, the application does not change 
its appearance and behavior, the vk is still available with all touch 
features. So only restart of the application disables touch mode.
I know that there is Platform.isSupported method to detect different 
states, and touch is one of them. So I have checked, that, when I 
during the runtime plug in/out touch and press the button to check 
Platform.isSupported value, I can see it changes every time I plug 
in/out the touch screen.
I assume it happens, because every time I call Platform.isSupported 
the real check is being performed and because of that its value 
changes. But once again, there is no spec to check it.

I have a proposal:

* what if there will be some kind of listener to handle state changes
* add this listener to the controls where they ask
  Platform.isSupported to make controls change their appearance and
  behavior
* disable caching of the state in the platform(lens, quantum)
* create specification where the realization will be described

--

Best regards,
Stas Smirnov

Stas Smirnov | Java Embedded
Phone: +7 812 3346130 | Mobile: +7 921 9262241
Oracle Development SPB, LLC
10th Krasnoarmeyskaya 22A, St. Petersburg, 190103, Russia






--

Best regards,
Stas Smirnov

Stas Smirnov | Java Embedded
Phone: +7 812 3346130 | Mobile: +7 921 9262241
Oracle Development SPB, LLC
10th Krasnoarmeyskaya 22A, St. Petersburg, 190103, Russia



Re: Platform.isSupported behavior

2013-11-19 Thread Philipp Dörfler

> A thought about API for listening to state changes. What if we added an API 
> to Platform like Platform.isSupported that instead of returning a boolean 
> returned an ObservableBooleanValue? This listener would never be notified on 
> conditional features like EFFECT or SCENE3D but would be notified on those 
> conditional features that reflect input device state.

+1

Re: Platform.isSupported behavior

2013-11-19 Thread Daniel Blaukopf
Hi Stas,

Yes, you have a good point here. The behavior you are seeing is what I would 
expect, but I agree we could do better in how we specify this. Currently,
States reported by Platform.isSupported are updated when input devices are 
added and removed
Controls check the connected input devices at startup time. They do not change 
their behavior on the fly as input devices are added and removed.

Enabling listening to state changes certainly makes sense - probably by 
defining state in ObservableProperties. I’m not sure we actually want controls 
to reconfigure themselves dynamically and automatically though. Maybe someone 
working on controls can comment on this, but it seems like it would be a 
complex transition with many edge cases to deal with.

Why change caching of input device state in Lens and Quantum though? Lens needs 
to cache the state of input devices in order to be able to report on what input 
features are available. I’m not sure Quantum is doing any caching of this state 
at all - as far as I know it is going directly to Glass to query input device 
features. Controls do of course cache input device state.

A thought about API for listening to state changes. What if we added an API to 
Platform like Platform.isSupported that instead of returning a boolean returned 
an ObservableBooleanValue? This listener would never be notified on conditional 
features like EFFECT or SCENE3D but would be notified on those conditional 
features that reflect input device state.

Thanks,
Daniel

On Nov 19, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Stas Smirnov  wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Lately I have faced a strange behavior while I was using JavaFX Embedded and 
> touch screen.
> As far as I understand there is no spec where I can find this information, 
> that is why I decided to ask the community.
> I have developed a simple application with one text field and a button. I run 
> it using JavaFX Embedded runtime with LCD+touch monitor connected to an 
> abstract board.
> As a result I can see touch mode in the application, the virtual keyboard and 
> other touch features. However if I plug out the touch part, connect mouse, at 
> the runtime, the application does not change its appearance and behavior, the 
> vk is still available with all touch features. So only restart of the 
> application disables touch mode.
> I know that there is Platform.isSupported method to detect different states, 
> and touch is one of them. So I have checked, that, when I during the runtime 
> plug in/out touch and press the button to check Platform.isSupported value, I 
> can see it changes every time I plug in/out the touch screen.
> I assume it happens, because every time I call Platform.isSupported the real 
> check is being performed and because of that its value changes. But once 
> again, there is no spec to check it.
> I have a proposal:
> 
> * what if there will be some kind of listener to handle state changes
> * add this listener to the controls where they ask
>   Platform.isSupported to make controls change their appearance and
>   behavior
> * disable caching of the state in the platform(lens, quantum)
> * create specification where the realization will be described
> 
> -- 
> 
> Best regards,
> Stas Smirnov
> 
> Stas Smirnov | Java Embedded
> Phone: +7 812 3346130 | Mobile: +7 921 9262241
> Oracle Development SPB, LLC
> 10th Krasnoarmeyskaya 22A, St. Petersburg, 190103, Russia
> 



Platform.isSupported behavior

2013-11-19 Thread Stas Smirnov

Hello,

Lately I have faced a strange behavior while I was using JavaFX Embedded 
and touch screen.
As far as I understand there is no spec where I can find this 
information, that is why I decided to ask the community.
I have developed a simple application with one text field and a button. 
I run it using JavaFX Embedded runtime with LCD+touch monitor connected 
to an abstract board.
As a result I can see touch mode in the application, the virtual 
keyboard and other touch features. However if I plug out the touch part, 
connect mouse, at the runtime, the application does not change its 
appearance and behavior, the vk is still available with all touch 
features. So only restart of the application disables touch mode.
I know that there is Platform.isSupported method to detect different 
states, and touch is one of them. So I have checked, that, when I during 
the runtime plug in/out touch and press the button to check 
Platform.isSupported value, I can see it changes every time I plug 
in/out the touch screen.
I assume it happens, because every time I call Platform.isSupported the 
real check is being performed and because of that its value changes. But 
once again, there is no spec to check it.

I have a proposal:

 * what if there will be some kind of listener to handle state changes
 * add this listener to the controls where they ask
   Platform.isSupported to make controls change their appearance and
   behavior
 * disable caching of the state in the platform(lens, quantum)
 * create specification where the realization will be described

--

Best regards,
Stas Smirnov

Stas Smirnov | Java Embedded
Phone: +7 812 3346130 | Mobile: +7 921 9262241
Oracle Development SPB, LLC
10th Krasnoarmeyskaya 22A, St. Petersburg, 190103, Russia