JDK-8130478 : Reconsider "awt.toolkit" property usage in java.awt.Toolkit getDefaultToolkit() method
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.awt
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2015-07-06
  • Updated: 2017-05-17
  • Resolved: 2015-07-30
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JDK 9
9 b78Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8037739 - Remove API references to java.awt.peer and java.awt.dnd.peer packages in the JDK 9 timeframe
Description
The javadoc for the  java.awt.Toolkit getDefaultToolkit() method claims: 
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If there is no "java.awt.headless" or it is set to false and there is a system property named "awt.toolkit", that property is treated as the name of a class that is a subclass of Toolkit; otherwise the default platform-specific implementation of Toolkit is used. 
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It should be reconsidered is this property still useful after the modularization updated in JDK 9.
Se also Removing all methods that use the AWT peer types in JDK 9 email:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/awt-dev/2015-February/008924.html