Posted by Wade Walker on Aug 19, 2019; 10:52pm
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/java11-release-progress-thread-also-review-tp4039948p4039964.html

It seems like getScaleX() works on Java 8 -- see https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/awt/geom/AffineTransform.html#getScaleX--, the call at least exists. I'm not sure if it returns the correct value for Java < 9 on Mac, though :)