19 March 2018

Oracle will remove Java FX from JDK

Oracle released a Java Client Roadmap Update.
Starting with JDK 11 Oracle plans to remove its little used Java FX desktop libraries from the JDK. Java FX will live on in the OpenJFX, which was created in 2011.
Java Webstart will also be removed from JDK 11.
Swing and AWT remain part of JDK 11.
Just as it handed over Java EE to Eclipse, it is looking to transfer  stewardship of Java FX, Swing and AWT to another party.
With java 9's project Jigsaw, Java became a modular system, making a separation of this part of Java easier.
As a consequence the JDK will become leaner and Oracle hopes to evolve it at a faster pace in the future.

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