Just noticed there is already an open issue for this, scheduled for Lombard:
https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-24127 "Deprecate static load() methods in FXMLLoader" Great!!! Sorry for the noise on the list . . . -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Zwolenski [mailto:zon...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 3:59 PM To: John Smith Cc: openjfx-dev@openjdk.java.net Subject: Re: Static FXMLLoader load method deprecation +1 On 31/08/2013, at 8:54 AM, John Smith <john_sm...@symantec.com> wrote: > The static methods on FXMLLoader are very confusing. > > It is very easy to create errors by writing code that mixes static and > instance FXMLLoader methods. > > Everything that can be done with static load methods, can be done with > instance FXMLLoader methods. > Other than confusion, the static load methods seem to provide little value to > me. > > Is it possible to have the static FXMLLoader methods deprecated for Java 8?
