Mac OS X Port Project Status

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

Features in the macosx-port src repository

• Build
  • build using clang
  • build libraries -fobjc-gc to be ObjC-GC compatible
  • build .jdk bundle
  • build embeddable .jre bundle
• HotSpot
  • Load .jnilib (in addition to .dylib)
  • remove ALWAYS_PASS_TEST_GAMMA hack
  • register new threads as ObjC-GC capable
• Core Libraries
  • Investigate JDK7-specific additions to NIO
    • kqueue based Selector
    • 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
  • threading cleanup
  • merge JDK6 CWindow -> LWCWindow changes and style flags
  • update CImage
  • Headless
  • remove $AWT_TOOLKIT=CToolkit, switch to default
  • ObjC-GC cleanup
• Aqua LaF
  • Screen Menu Bar
    • Needs cleanup to use JRSMenu API
  • Needs refresh from Apple trunk
  • Requires an image tile cache
• Fonts/Text drawing
  • Needs cleanup to use JRSFont API
• Accessibility
• Clipboard
• Drag & Drop (requires some CoreDrag methods)
• InputMethod support
• System properties fixup (vendor name, etc)
  • Resolve "Darwin" vs. "Mac OS X" checks
• JNI interface for JavaVM.framework
• DTrace v2-style probes
• AppleScript javax.script engine
• Sound

Features not yet ported from Apple's Java SE 6

• Printing
• Bundled app launching
• Proxy Server handling
  • get config from System Configuration framework
• Locale support
  • Requires a single locale setter CFBundle SPI call
• HotSpot Shared Archive Generation

  may require additions to JavaRuntimeSupport.framework

• JAWT (for SWT/3D embedding)
  • might require CALayer cross-process linking internals

Features needing evaluation for distribution mechanism

• Crypto/Keychain/Smartcard

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

• Applets/Plugin2
  • Need to create .plugin bundle
    • Need to embed slimmed JRE into .plugin bundle
  • Need NPAPI/Cocoa event -> Java event conversion
  • Need the LWAWT to render into NSOpenGLLayer (see above)
    • Need cross-process CALayer connection mechanism to be exposed
  • Need to determine update mechanism (Sparkle.framework?)
• Web Start
  • Need to determine delivery vehicle (inside Applet plug-in, or some other form)
  • .jnlp file ownership hand-off with Apple's "Java Web Start.app" helper?
• Java Preferences

Non-feature tasks

• Merge BSDPort into mainline jdk so that Mac OS X Port can be inserted into mainline:
  • Merge BSDPort hotspot, patch and description at: BSDPort, Description of jdk7 changes
• Move internal bugs to http://java.net/jira/browse/MACOSX_PORT
• Write up development wiki pages for
  • Quickstart
  • Status
  • Compiler changes/issues
  • Cocoa & Java crash course
  • Threading manifesto
  • Memory management manifesto
  • Mac OS X conceptual deviations from Java platform assumptions
  • Internal "Adopt-an-app" testing workflows
• Port private JUnit harness tests to jtreg
  • Detailed status

Features not to be done

These issues will not be ported to OpenJDK from the Apple Java SE 6 port

• Making MacRoman encoding the default
• NSView-based AWT heavyweight widgets