[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-15640) BrowserSim: use JavaFX WebView as a browser engine

[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-15640?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugi... ] Ilya Buziuk updated JBIDE-15640: -------------------------------- Description: JavaFX [WebView|http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/api/javafx/scene/web/WebView.html‎] supports Debugger API and could be embedded into BrowserSim as an alternative to the SWT Browser. *Pros:* # WebView supports Debugger API - we can enable full featured [DevTools|https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/] and/or integrate it with [EclipseDebugger|https://code.google.com/p/chromedevtools/wiki/EclipseDebu...] # It is available on all OSes where Oracle JVM 7 is installed - no requirement to install Safari and 32-bit JVM on Windows # Can be used together with the SWT Browser (i.e. if there is no JavaFX present, we can fallback to the SWT Browser in runtime) *Cons:* # Not a part of OpenJDK, Oracle JVM 7 only (not sure if JavaFX could be installed standalone) # window.localStorage is not supported (may be a problem for CordovaSim) # Character encoding problems on some installations # Debugger API bindings to Java are not final now - we can face Java run-time errors with later versions of Oracle JVMs On the high level our plan is to: # Implement possibility of switching BrowserSim's web engine in the runtime (SWT.WEBKIT / Java Fx Web View) # was: JavaFX [WebView|http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/api/javafx/scene/web/WebView.html‎] supports Debugger API and could be embedded into BrowserSim as an alternative to the SWT Browser. *Pros:* # WebView supports Debugger API - we can enable full featured [DevTools|https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/] and/or integrate it with [EclipseDebugger|https://code.google.com/p/chromedevtools/wiki/EclipseDebu...] # It is available on all OSes where Oracle JVM 7 is installed - no requirement to install Safari and 32-bit JVM on Windows # Can be used together with the SWT Browser (i.e. if there is no JavaFX present, we can fallback to the SWT Browser in runtime) *Cons:* # Not a part of OpenJDK, Oracle JVM 7 only (not sure if JavaFX could be installed standalone) # window.localStorage is not supported (may be a problem for CordovaSim) # Character encoding problems on some installations # Debugger API bindings to Java are not final now - we can face Java run-time errors with later versions of Oracle JVMs -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira