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This page outlines the status of high-level feature areas to bring from Apple's Java SE 6 to the macosx-port.

A list of popular open issues is available at the JIRA bug reporter.

Features in the macosx-port src repository

• Build
  • build using clang
  • build libraries -fobjc-gc to be ObjC-GC compatible
  • build .jdk bundle (for CommandLine and embedded use only)
  • build embeddable .jre bundle
    • build JavaAppLauncher stub
• HotSpot
  • Load .jnilib (in addition to .dylib)
  • remove ALWAYS_PASS_TEST_GAMMA hack
  • register new threads as ObjC-GC capable
• Core Libraries
  • Precomposed/Decomposed File path translation
  • NIO
    • kqueue based Selectors
    • WatchService implementation
    • Async I/O API
• Networking
• X11
• Universal binaries
• JObjC
  • get tests passing
  • self-generate BridgeSupport full files
• Cocoa AWT
  • 2D drawing (OpenGL based)
    • OpenGL layer needs to be vended from an NSOpenGLLayer (10.6+)
  • Cocoa key/text events
    • cleanup to use JRSEvent API
  • merge JDK6 CWindow -> LWCWindow changes and style flags
  • update CImage
  • Transparent window support
  • Headless
  • remove $AWT_TOOLKIT=CToolkit, switch to default
  • ObjC-GC cleanup
  • threading cleanup
• Aqua LaF
  • Requires an image tile cache
  • Screen Menu Bar
    • Needs cleanup to use JRSMenu API
  • Needs refresh from Apple trunk
• Fonts/Text drawing
  • Needs cleanup to use JRSFont API
• Accessibility
• Clipboard
• Drag & Drop
• InputMethod support
• System properties fixup (vendor name, etc)
  • Resolve "Darwin" vs. "Mac OS X" checks
• JNI interface
• DTrace v2-style probes
• AppleScript javax.script engine
• Sound
• Printing
• Keychain Provider
• Proxy Server handling
• Locale support

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• Bundled app launching
  • JavaApplicationStub replacement
• HotSpot Shared Archive Generation
• Smartcard
• JAWT (for SWT/3D embedding)
• AWT Desktop API (system tray, etc)

Features not in public macosx-port ("deploy" is private to Oracle)

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