JDK-8069268 : JComponent.AccessibleJComponent.addPropertyListeners adds exponential listeners
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: javax.accessibility
  • Affected Version: 8u25
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2015-01-19
  • Updated: 2015-09-29
  • Resolved: 2015-02-12
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JDK 8
8u60 b06Fixed
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Description
Some code that was added to javax.swing.JComponent.java in jdk 1.6.0 was
inadvertently left out of jdk 1.8.0.

The code corrected a problem by which as new property listeners are added,
and exponential recursive list of propertyListeners are no longer added.

Comparing JComponent.java from jdk 1.7.0.71 and jdk 1.8.0.40.0b19, the
following code is missing from the jdk 1.8.0 version:

diff command:
diff jdk7\JComponent.java jdk8\JComponent
yields:
3744,3747d3740
<             if (accessibleFocusHandler == null) {
<                 accessibleFocusHandler = new AccessibleFocusHandler();
<                 JComponent.this.addFocusListener(accessibleFocusHandler);
<             }

This code should appear at the beginning of the addPropertyChangeListener
method.

With this code missing, it renders JDeveloper unusable because of the exponential adding of propertyChangeListeners which eventually simply causes the jvm to stop working.
Comments
Crucible Review: https://java.se.oracle.com/code/cru/CR-JDK8UDEV-163
05-02-2015

Fix for JDK-7177111 removed redundant accessibleContainerHandler (Already defined and added in parent class) definition which avoids same listener added twice problem. Fix for JDK-7179482 refactored the listener adding mechanism for Component/Container/JComponent's inner classes inherit from AccessibleContext, by using a private propertyListenersCount to make sure a listener is only added by addPropertyChangeListener once. In AccessibleJComponent, there is no class specific listener, a private propertyListenersCount member is used to add ContainerListener declared and added as property change listener in parent class: AccessibleAWTContainer, this way, the listener is added twice. http://ipw83120.uk.oracle.com:8080/source/xref/jdk8u-dev/jdk/src/share/classes/javax/swing/JComponent.java#3740 http://ipw83120.uk.oracle.com:8080/source/xref/jdk8u-dev/jdk/src/share/classes/java/awt/Container.java#3879
05-02-2015