There is an ANGLE RFE [1]. It is closed as a duplicate of an older WebGL RFE [2].
[1] : https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8134841 [2] : https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8091035 On Wed, 2 Nov 2022 at 7:56 PM, Mike Hearn <mike@hydraulic.software> wrote: > On a topic unrelated to Conveyor, I saw the JavaFX roadmap document > presented at JavaOne and the mention of a Metal pipeline. > > It prompted a thought I've never got around to exploring - does it make > sense to switch JavaFX to using Google's ANGLE library i.e. to decommission > all but the GL backend and then use it on every OS? This would have three > big and obvious advantages: > > 1. A big reduction in the maintenance burden. A metal port is maybe no > longer required. > > 2. A component or canvas that exposes a GL context (implicitly, on the > current thread) could then be provided relatively easily, allowing easier > integration of arbitrary drawing with the scene graph without compromising > portability. > > 3. In turn that would unblock enabling WebGL in the WebView control, > fixing Google Maps. > > It's mostly a question of curiosity but I'm wondering if that approach has > ever been prototyped or explored. > > thanks, > -mike > -- Anirvan
