P3
http://java.net/jira/browse/MACOSX_PORT-338 submitted 2011/08/26 by Frank Kline
The ability to hide the dock icon is necessary for applications that run out of the system tray. This argument is a logical and useful addition to the existing -Xdock:name and -Xdock:icon parameters.
This seems especially prudent as OpenJDK will need to be distributed with java7 applications on mac (due to non-guaranteed support). The JarBundler tool for integrating the application into the environment isn't compatible with this style of deployment.
This is related to <a href="/jira/browse/MACOSX_PORT-327" title="Dock integration does not work via VM Arguments"><del>MACOSX_PORT-327</del></a>
The ability to hide the dock icon is necessary for applications that run out of the system tray. This argument is a logical and useful addition to the existing -Xdock:name and -Xdock:icon parameters.
This seems especially prudent as OpenJDK will need to be distributed with java7 applications on mac (due to non-guaranteed support). The JarBundler tool for integrating the application into the environment isn't compatible with this style of deployment.
This is related to <a href="/jira/browse/MACOSX_PORT-327" title="Dock integration does not work via VM Arguments"><del>MACOSX_PORT-327</del></a>