* This method may or may not return to the caller before the run method * of the specified Runnable has been called. In any case, once this method * returns, you may call {@link #runLater} with additional Runnables. * Those Runnables will be called, also on the JavaFX Application Thread, * after the Runnable passed into this method has been called. *
* *As noted, it is normally the case that the JavaFX Application Thread * is started automatically. It is important that this method only be called * when the JavaFX runtime has not yet been initialized. Situations where * the JavaFX runtime is started automatically include: *
* *When an application does not follow any of these common approaches, * then it becomes the responsibility of the developer to manually start the * JavaFX runtime by calling this startup method. *
* *Calling this method when the JavaFX runtime is already running will result in an * {@link IllegalStateException} being thrown - it is only valid to request * that the JavaFX runtime be started once. *
* * @throws IllegalStateException if the JavaFX runtime is already running * * @param runnable the Runnable whose run method will be executed on the * JavaFX Application Thread once it has been started. * * @since 9 */ public static void startup(Runnable runnable) { PlatformImpl.startup(runnable, true); } /** * Run the specified Runnable on the JavaFX Application Thread at some * unspecified * time in the future. This method, which may be called from any thread, * will post the Runnable to an event queue and then return immediately to * the caller. The Runnables are executed in the order they are posted. * A runnable passed into the runLater method will be * executed before any Runnable passed into a subsequent call to runLater. * If this method is called after the JavaFX runtime has been shutdown, the * call will be ignored: the Runnable will not be executed and no * exception will be thrown. * ** NOTE: applications should avoid flooding JavaFX with too many * pending Runnables. Otherwise, the application may become unresponsive. * Applications are encouraged to batch up multiple operations into fewer * runLater calls. * Additionally, long-running operations should be done on a background * thread where possible, freeing up the JavaFX Application Thread for GUI * operations. *
* ** This method must not be called before the FX runtime has been * initialized. For standard JavaFX applications that extend * {@see Application}, and use either the Java launcher or one of the * launch methods in the Application class to launch the application, * the FX runtime is initialized by the launcher before the Application * class is loaded. * For Swing applications that use JFXPanel to display FX content, the FX * runtime is initialized when the first JFXPanel instance is constructed. * For SWT application that use FXCanvas to display FX content, the FX * runtime is initialized when the first FXCanvas instance is constructed. * For applications that do not follow any of these approaches, then it is * necessary to manually start the JavaFX runtime by calling * {@link #startup(Runnable)} once. *
* * @param runnable the Runnable whose run method will be executed on the * JavaFX Application Thread * * @throws IllegalStateException if the FX runtime has not been initialized */ public static void runLater(Runnable runnable) { PlatformImpl.runLater(runnable); } // NOTE: Add the following if we decide to expose it publicly // public static void runAndWait(Runnable runnable) { // PlatformImpl.runAndWait(runnable); // } /** * Requests the Java Runtime to perform a pulse. This will run a pulse * even if there are no animation timers, scene graph modifications, * or window events that would otherwise cause the pulse to run. * If no pulse is in progress, then one will be scheduled to * run the next time the pulse timer fires. * If there is already a pulse running, then * at least one more pulse after the current pulse will be scheduled. * This method may be called on any thread. * * @since 9 */ public static void requestNextPulse() { Toolkit.getToolkit().requestNextPulse(); } /** * Returns true if the calling thread is the JavaFX Application Thread. * Use this call the ensure that a given task is being executed * (or not being executed) on the JavaFX Application Thread. * * @return true if running on the JavaFX Application Thread */ public static boolean isFxApplicationThread() { return PlatformImpl.isFxApplicationThread(); } /** * Causes the JavaFX application to terminate. If this method is called * after the Application start method is called, then the JavaFX launcher * will call the Application stop method and terminate the JavaFX * application thread. The launcher thread will then shutdown. If there * are no other non-daemon threads that are running, the Java VM will exit. * If this method is called from the Preloader or the Application init * method, then the Application stop method may not be called. * *This method may be called from any thread.
* *Note: if the application is embedded in a browser, then this method * may have no effect. */ public static void exit() { PlatformImpl.exit(); } /** * Sets the implicitExit attribute to the specified value. If this * attribute is true, the JavaFX runtime will implicitly shutdown * when the last window is closed; the JavaFX launcher will call the * {@link Application#stop} method and terminate the JavaFX * application thread. * If this attribute is false, the application will continue to * run normally even after the last window is closed, until the * application calls {@link #exit}. * The default value is true. * *
This method may be called from any thread.
* * @param implicitExit a flag indicating whether or not to implicitly exit * when the last window is closed. * @since JavaFX 2.2 */ public static void setImplicitExit(boolean implicitExit) { PlatformImpl.setImplicitExit(implicitExit); } /** * Gets the value of the implicitExit attribute. * *This method may be called from any thread.
* * @return the implicitExit attribute * @since JavaFX 2.2 */ public static boolean isImplicitExit() { return PlatformImpl.isImplicitExit(); } /** * Queries whether a specific conditional feature is supported * by the platform. ** For example: *
* // Query whether filter effects are supported
* if (Platform.isSupported(ConditionalFeature.EFFECT)) {
* // use effects
* }
*
*
* @param feature the conditional feature in question.
*/
public static boolean isSupported(ConditionalFeature feature) {
return PlatformImpl.isSupported(feature);
}
/**
* Enter a nested event loop and block until the corresponding
* exitNestedEventLoop call is made.
* The key passed into this method is used to
* uniquely identify the matched enter/exit pair. This method creates a
* new nested event loop and blocks until the corresponding
* exitNestedEventLoop method is called with the same key.
* The return value of this method will be the {@code rval}
* object supplied to the exitNestedEventLoop method call that unblocks it.
*
* * This method must either be called from an input event handler or * from the run method of a Runnable passed to * {@link javafx.application.Platform#runLater Platform.runLater}. * It must not be called during animation or layout processing. *
* * @param key the Object that identifies the nested event loop, which * must not be null * * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified key is associated * with a nested event loop that has not yet returned * * @throws NullPointerException if the key is null * * @throws IllegalStateException if this method is called during * animation or layout processing. * * @throws IllegalStateException if this method is called on a thread * other than the JavaFX Application Thread. * * @return the value passed into the corresponding call to exitEventLoop * * @since 9 */ public static Object enterNestedEventLoop(Object key) { return Toolkit.getToolkit().enterNestedEventLoop(key); } /** * Exit a nested event loop and unblock the caller of the * corresponding enterNestedEventLoop. * The key passed into this method is used to * uniquely identify the matched enter/exit pair. This method causes the * nested event loop that was previously created with the key to exit and * return control to the caller. If the specified nested event loop is not * the inner-most loop then it will not return until all other inner loops * also exit. * * @param key the Object that identifies the nested event loop, which * must not be null * * @param rval an Object that is returned to the caller of the * corresponding enterNestedEventLoop. This may be null. * * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified key is not associated * with an active nested event loop * * @throws NullPointerException if the key is null * * @throws IllegalStateException if this method is called on a thread * other than the FX Application thread * * @since 9 */ public static void exitNestedEventLoop(Object key, Object rval) { Toolkit.getToolkit().exitNestedEventLoop(key, rval); } /** * Checks whether a nested event loop is running, returning true to indicate * that one is, and false if there are no nested event loops currently * running. * This method must be called on the JavaFX Application thread. * * @return true if there is a nested event loop running, and false otherwise. * * @throws IllegalStateException if this method is called on a thread * other than the JavaFX Application Thread. * * @since 9 */ public static boolean isNestedLoopRunning() { return Toolkit.getToolkit().isNestedLoopRunning(); } private static ReadOnlyBooleanWrapper accessibilityActiveProperty; public static boolean isAccessibilityActive() { return accessibilityActiveProperty == null ? false : accessibilityActiveProperty.get(); } /** * Indicates whether or not accessibility is active. * This property is typically set to true the first time an * assistive technology, such as a screen reader, requests * information about any JavaFX window or its children. * *This method may be called from any thread.
* * @return the read-only boolean property indicating if accessibility is active * * @since JavaFX 8u40 */ public static ReadOnlyBooleanProperty accessibilityActiveProperty() { if (accessibilityActiveProperty == null) { accessibilityActiveProperty = new ReadOnlyBooleanWrapper(Platform.class, "accessibilityActive"); accessibilityActiveProperty.bind(PlatformImpl.accessibilityActiveProperty()); } return accessibilityActiveProperty.getReadOnlyProperty(); } }