On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 07:49:40 GMT, Johan Vos <j...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> "ipod-library" is only supported if IOSPlatform is loaded, but it will not
>> be loaded on all platform due to check for HostUtils.isIOS(). Do you know
>> what happens if user tries "resource" protocol on not supported platform?
>> and same for some "unknown" protocol. If error message makes sense we can
>> probably keep it as is.
>
> That is not 100% correct. ipod-library is supported in case
> `System.getProperty("os.name")` starts with "ios" (which we do in GraalVM and
> OpenJDK/mobile) (which does not guarantee at all that we're on ios).
>
> We can encapsulate the "resource" protocol using the same approach (with a
> System.getProperty check). In that case, it might make sense to use a wide
> property that indicates we're running on a statically linked image. That
> would then be useful for all Java code, not just javafx.media. But that is a
> bigger change, so I'd like @kevinrushforth opinion on this.
It might make sense to add an `isStaticallyLinked` method to
[PlatformUtil](https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/blob/master/modules/javafx.base/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/PlatformUtil.java),
which is where similar platform methods are kept.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/109
