Mac OS X Port Project Status

Present in macosx-port repository

• HotSpot
  • Load .jnilib (in addition to .dylib)
  • remove ALWAYS_PASS_TEST_GAMMA hack
• Core Libraries
  • Investigate JDK7-specific additions to NIO
    • kqueue based Selector
    • WatchService implementation
    • Async I/O API
• Networking
• X11
• Universal binaries
• builds as .jdk bundle
• JObjC
  • get tests passing
  • self-generate BridgeSupport full files
• Lightweight AWT
  • 2D drawing (OpenGL based)
    • OpenGL layer needs to be vended from an NSOpenGLLayer (10.6+)
  • Cocoa key/text events
    • Needs cleanup to use JRSEvent API
  • Complete AWT peers (ScrollPane, TextArea, etc)
  • Headless
  • Remove $AWT_TOOLKIT=CToolkit, switch to default
• Fonts/Text drawing
  • Needs cleanup to use JRSFont API
• Robot

Partially done - on private branch

• Aqua LaF
  • Screen Menu Bar
    • Needs cleanup to use JRSMenu API
  • Needs refresh from Apple TOT
  • Requires an image tile cache
• eAWT/eIO
  • Needs refresh from Apple TOT
• -XstartOnFirstThread

Not Done - but straightforward port

• Clipboard
• Printing
• Proxy Server handling - get config from System Configuration framework
• System properties fixup (vendor name, etc)
  • Resolve "Darwin" vs. "Mac OS X" checks
• DTrace
• Shared Archive Generation
• JNI interface for JavaVM.framework
• Bundled app launching
• Port private JUnit harness tests to jtreg

Not Done - requires additions to JavaRuntimeSupport.framework, but easy

• Locale support
  • Requires a single locale setter CFBundle SPI call
• Accessibility
  • Requires 1 method
• Drag & Drop
  • Requires some CoreDrag methods
• SWT/3D embedding
  • probably requires CALayer cross-process linking internals

Not Done - requires partial rewrite

• Sound
  • Apple implementation depends on HeadSpace
  • Possible alternate implementation for MIDI offered by 3rd party <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/sound-dev/2010-October/000110.html>
  • Investigate http://java.net/projects/gervill/pages/Home

Not Scoped ("deploy" is not part of public JDK7)

• Applets/Plugin2
• Web Start
• Java Preferences

Need Evaluation for distribution mechanism

• Crypto/Keychain/Smartcard

Soft tasks

• Move internal bugs to http://java.net/jira/browse/MACOSX_PORT