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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
  • DTrace v2-style probes
• Core Libraries
  • Precomposed/Decomposed File path translation
  • NIO
    • kqueue based Selectors
    • WatchService implementation
    • Async I/O API
  • Proxy Server handling
  • Locale support
  • System properties fixup (vendor name, etc)
    • Resolve "Darwin" vs. "Mac OS X" checks
• JNI interface
• 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
  • 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
• AppleScript javax.script engine
• Sound
• Printing
• Keychain Provider
• JAWT (for SWT/3D embedding)
• Smartcard

Features not yet ported from Apple's Java SE 6

• Bundled app launching
  • JavaApplicationStub replacement
• HotSpot Shared Archive Generation
• Smartcard
• AWT Desktop API (system tray, etc)

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• MacRoman default encoding
  • UTF-8 only, for all locales/languages
• NSView-based AWT heavyweight widgets
  • LWAWT Swing-based widgets only
• NSView-based JAWT embedding
  • CALayer embedding instead
• CocoaComponent
  • Use CALayer-based JAWT embedding instead
• SWT Carbon EventLoop support
  • No 32-bit only technologies, Cocoa only
• JNI instantiation through the JavaVM.framework
  • Embed your own JRE instead
• Apple JavaApplicationStub
  • Use the new JavaAppLauncher, loads an embedded .jre, JavaApplicationStub compatible
• Apple native crypto
  • Use standard Java crypto
• HotSpot Shared Archive Generation
  • Automatic JSA creation is of limited use until HotSpot supports class sharing in 64-bit, and in all garbage collectors