JDK-8019912 : NPE when using Logger.getAnonymousLogger or LogManager.getLogManager().getLogger
  • Type: Backport
  • Backport of: JDK-8017174
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.util.logging
  • Affected Version: 7u25,8
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2013-07-04
  • Updated: 2014-04-22
  • Resolved: 2013-07-05
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7u60 b01Fixed 8Fixed
Comments
This is a regression from 7u25 causing applets calling Logger.getAnonymousLogger() to fail. This fix has been resolved in jdk7u-dev and jdk8. WLS and GlassFish has done some preliminary testing with the 7u engineering build with this fix and found no new regression. We're waiting for some more testing result. If the result is good, we want to request 7u40 approval.
12-07-2013
Here is a link to the webrev for seven. It's a straight hg import of the 8 changeset. http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dfuchs/JDK-8017174/webrev-jdk7.00/
04-07-2013
There may be an ugly workaround for that issue: If the applet calls: Logger.getLogger("foo"); before accessing any other logger it should trigger the addition of the root logger in the applet's logging context. After that calls to LogManager.getLogManager().getLogger("") should no longer return null. Seems to be working on a dummy applet with 7u25.
04-07-2013