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

[Ilya Buziuk (JIRA)]

     [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-15640?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Ilya Buziuk updated JBIDE-15640:
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    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/EclipseDebugger]
# 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 SWT.WEBKIT / JavaFx WebView. This possibility will be enabled only for windows and mac os users. Due to native errors coupled with gtk3 usage (related jira https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-35264 ) there will be only one web engine on Linux - SWT.WEBKIT.  - *Done*
 - Disable switcher for Linux platform - *Done*
# Solve perfomance issues. Debugger freezes rather often - *Done*	
# Mock javaFX dependencies - *Done*
# Fix LiveReload and Touch Events for JavaFx WebView - *Done*
# Remove submodule - *Done*
# Port for debugging should not be hardcoded *Done*

  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/EclipseDebugger]
# 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 SWT.WEBKIT / JavaFx WebView. This possibility will be enabled only for windows and mac os users. Due to native errors coupled with gtk3 usage (related jira https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-35264 ) there will be only one web engine on Linux - SWT.WEBKIT.  - *Done*
 - Disable switcher for Linux platform - *Done*
# Solve perfomance issues. Debugger freezes rather often - *Coding in progress*	
# Mock javaFX dependencies - *Done*
# Fix LiveReload and Touch Events for JavaFx WebView - *Done*
# Move Dev tools front-end source code to the separate plugin / git submodule - *Coding in progress*
# Port for debugging should not be hardcoded


    
> 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
>          Components: browsersim
>            Reporter: Yahor Radtsevich
>            Assignee: Ilya Buziuk
>             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
> # 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 SWT.WEBKIT / JavaFx WebView. This possibility will be enabled only for windows and mac os users. Due to native errors coupled with gtk3 usage (related jira https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-35264 ) there will be only one web engine on Linux - SWT.WEBKIT.  - *Done*
>  - Disable switcher for Linux platform - *Done*
> # Solve perfomance issues. Debugger freezes rather often - *Done*	
> # Mock javaFX dependencies - *Done*
> # Fix LiveReload and Touch Events for JavaFx WebView - *Done*
> # Remove submodule - *Done*
> # Port for debugging should not be hardcoded *Done*

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