Java 11 Cookbook - Second Edition

How it works...

The web-related APIs are available in the javafx.web module, so we will have to require it in module-info:

module gui{
  requires javafx.controls;
  requires javafx.web;
  opens com.packt;
}

The following are the important classes in the javafx.scene. web package when dealing with web pages in JavaFX:

• WebView: This UI component uses WebEngine to manage the loading, rendering, and interaction with the web page.
• WebEngine: This is the main component that deals with loading and managing the web page.
• WebHistory: This records the web pages visited in the current WebEngine instance.
• WebEvent: These are the instances passed to the event handlers of WebEngine invoked by the JavaScript event.

In our recipe, we make use of the first three ...