Basic app lifecycle / surface creation.

java/src/processing/mode/java/runner/Runner.java

@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ public class Runner implements MessageConsumer {
       // No longer needed / doesn't seem to do anything differently
       //params.append("-Dcom.apple.mrj.application.apple.menu.about.name=" +
       //              build.getSketchClassName());
+
+      // required for GLFW and Metal when using WebGPU
+      params.append("-XstartOnFirstThread");
     }
     /*
     if (Platform.isWindows()) {
@@ -380,6 +383,10 @@ public class Runner implements MessageConsumer {
     // http://processing.org/bugs/bugzilla/1188.html
     params.append("-ea");
 
+    // we need to open up access to internal jdk modules for libraries that use reflection
+    // this will break at some point in the future when these modules are removed from the jdk :(
+    params.append("--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED");
+
     return params;
   }
 
@@ -508,6 +515,9 @@ public class Runner implements MessageConsumer {
       }
       */
 
+      // TODO: excise AWT to make webgpu work properly
+      params.append(PApplet.ARGS_DISABLE_AWT);
+
       params.append(build.getSketchClassName());
     }
     // Add command-line arguments to be given to the sketch itself