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package javafx.application;

import com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl;

/**
 * Application platform support class.
 * @since JavaFX 2.0
 */
public final class Platform {

    // To prevent instantiation
    private Platform() {
    }

    /**
     * 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.
     *
     * @param runnable the Runnable whose run method will be executed on the
     * JavaFX Application Thread
     */
    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);
//    }

    /**
     * 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.
     *
     * 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.
     *
     * @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.
     *
     * @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);
    }
}