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

[Yahor Radtsevich (JIRA)]

Yahor Radtsevich created JBIDE-15640:
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             Summary: BrowserSim: use JavaFX WebView as a browser engine
                 Key: JBIDE-15640
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-15640
             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
          Issue Type: Feature Request
            Reporter: Yahor Radtsevich
            Assignee: Yahor Radtsevich
             Fix For: 4.2.x


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/EclipseDebugger]
# It is available on all OSes where Oracle JVM 7 is installed - no requirement to install Safari and 32-bit JVM on Windows

*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

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