JDK-6389282 : NPE in GTKLookAndFeel.initSystemColorDefaults() on mustang when remote X11 displaying.
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: javax.swing
  • Affected Version: 6
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic,linux,linux_redhat_4.0
  • CPU: generic,x86
  • Submitted: 2006-02-23
  • Updated: 2011-03-09
  • Resolved: 2011-03-07
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6u10Fixed 7 b03Fixed OpenJDK6Resolved
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-6369498 - GTKLookAndFeel bug, Antialiasing bug
Duplicate :  
JDK-6468089 - jconsole won't start with NPE when invoked in ja locale
Relates :  
JDK-6585553 - glossitope can not start with NPE in Linux GNOME environment
Description
I was trying the test case from bug 6369498 to see if it was reproducible.
I could not reproduce that problem but I did see the following exception
on mustang b65 and 72 when remote displaying from Linux or Solaris 10 SPARC back
to Solaris 10 SPARC. The test case is in bug 6369498

% /java/re/jdk/1.6.0/promoted/latest/binaries/solaris-sparc/bin/java AppMain
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel.initSystemColorDefaults(GTKLookAndFeel.java:1223)
        at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel.loadStyles(GTKLookAndFeel.java:1474)
        at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel.access$000(GTKLookAndFeel.java:37)
        at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel$WeakPCL$1.run(GTKLookAndFeel.java:1414)
        at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:209)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:597)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:273)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:183)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:173)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:168)        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:160)        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:121)


It seems possible it is related to 6369498, since just as reported by the submitter
of that bug, it can be avoided by calling 
UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels
before calling
 UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel");
Comments
EVALUATION UIManager.getLookAndFeelDefaults() returns null when GTKLookAndFeel.loadStyles is called from GTKLookAndFeel.WeakPCL.propertyChange in the situation when we do all the initialization on the main thread but not on the EDT. This causes NPE in initSystemColorDefaults.
18-09-2006
EVALUATION The real cause is that GTKLookAndFeel.initSystemColorDefaults is called asynchroniously. This happens because users don't follow the rule of creation and manipulation all components on the EDT only. They have the old habbit to initialize components on the main thread, call pack() and setVisible() from the main thread and only after that they do everything on the EDT. It's outdated already. This bug has to be fixed hovewer.
08-09-2006
EVALUATION 6339886's changes aren't in the stack trace, and it seems to be more complex The fix for 6339886 was put back into the 2D workspace on 25th Oct but this bug (6389282) did not manifest in the 2D nightly builds until after 2D synced with Master on 12th Nov. That sync got the changes from Swing's 11th Nov b60 putback .. so it seems like it may be an interaction of a couple of fixes. The Swing putback included the fix 6337872: Synth should honor desktop anti aliasing hint so that may have played a part too.
13-03-2006
EVALUATION Looks like this is caused by fix for 6339881: GTK look and feel does not adapt text antialiasing at runtime
13-03-2006