JDK-6635826 : New plug-in does not run on top of JDK 1.4.2 because of System.getenv() use and other reasons
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: deploy
  • Sub-Component: plugin
  • Affected Version: 6u10
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2007-11-30
  • Updated: 2010-09-08
  • Resolved: 2008-06-16
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JDK 6
6u10 b09Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-6657990 - Regression of 6635826: new plug-in does not run on top of JDK 1.4.2
Relates :  
JDK-6661130 - JRE 1.4.2 selection does not work on some machines due to msvcr71.dll dependency in jp2native.dll
Relates :  
JDK-6636067 - Gray box progress bar not working on 1.4.2
Relates :  
JDK-6611381 - Add cookie and proxy support for 1.4.2
Relates :  
JDK-6609139 - Plugin2: Animation Panel has Java 6 dependency
Relates :  
JDK-6625747 - Unix port needs knowledge of availability and default value of XToolkit
Description
The new plug-in does not launch on top of JDK 1.4.2 because it calls System.getenv() to fetch debugging-related environment variables and getenv() was only "re-enabled" in JDK 1.5. There may be other reasons it doesn't work on top of JDK 1.4.2 such as 6609139 but this is the first and most obvious failure that needs to be fixed. It isn't essential that these environment variables actually be fetched correctly but it is essential that fetching them not break the plug-in.
Comments
SUGGESTED FIX http://sa.sfbay.sun.com/projects/deployment_data/6u10/6635826.0 testcase: http://web-east.east.sun.com/deployment/www/tests/1.6.0_10/6635826/
01-12-2007
EVALUATION Attempting to make the new plug-in run on top of JDK 1.4.2 (on Windows) required the following changes: - Switched to -target 1.4 for all plugin classes - Avoiding the direct use of System.getenv(), which was broken on JDK versions before 5 - Guarded certain System.loadLibrary() and load() calls due to less robust System.load() implementation on 1.4.2 - Refactored progress listener support and guarded against lack of it on 1.4.2 - Guarded against lack of sun.net.www.ParseUtil.encodePath(String, boolean) on older 1.4.2 versions - Failed gracefully if the DeployCacheHandler, proxy and cookie initialization fail due to lack of dependent classes - Dealt with lack of Thread.getState() on JDK 1.4.2 - Loaded regutils DLL early on Windows Also added better support for debugging bootstrapping issues in the new plug-in. Applets now run on top of the new plug-in on JDK 1.4.2 on Windows. Because there was no XEmbed support even in the AWT MToolkit on Unix/X11 platforms in the JDK 1.4.2 release, it is infeasible to make the new plug-in run on top of JDK 1.4.2 on X11 platforms. Related bugs 6611381 and 6636067 are still to be resolved for more complete functionality when running on 1.4.2.
01-12-2007