JDK-8102435 : Remove impl_* methods for RenderToImage and BufferedImage conversion
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: javafx
  • Sub-Component: graphics
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2013-01-02
  • Updated: 2015-06-16
  • Resolved: 2013-01-14
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JDK 8
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Related Reports
Blocks :  
JDK-8102332 - Remove AWT dependencies from prism-common
Relates :  
JDK-8124515 - RuntimeException in HelloTreeView
Description
The following "quasi-public" methods were added in JavaFX 2.0 to support rendering to an image (snapshot) and conversion to / from a BufferedImage before public API was available:

Scene:
    renderToImage(Object)
    renderToImage(Object,float)

Image:
    impl_toExternalImage(Object)
    impl_fromExternalImage(Object)
    impl_isExternalFormatSupported(Class)

In JavaFX 2.2 we added public API to support these needs, but left the unsupported methods to allow the internal users (primarily scene builder and JDeveloper) time to migrate. In FX 8 we need to remove these methods.
Comments
just remarking that we have made the adjustment in NetBeans, cf. http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=224827
11-02-2013
Note that the replacements for these methods are as follows: Scene.renderToImage ==> Scene.snapshot Image.impl_toExternalImage ==> SwingFXUtils.fromFXImage impl_fromExternalImage ==> SwingFXUtils.toFXImage
09-01-2013
Note that all of these methods are already marked "@Deprecated" and "@treatAsPrivate" so they are not part of the public API, just like all of the other impl_* methods in JavaFX.
03-01-2013