This toolkit is responsible for low-level interaction with operating systems. It uses native system calls to manage windows, handle system events, timers, and other components.
Note that Glass is written from scratch; it doesn't use AWT or Swing libraries. So, it's better to not mix old Swing/AWT components and JavaFX ones for the sake of performance.
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