JDK-8255284 : Running our app via JNLP causes java.lang.NullPointerException at sun.awt.SunToolkit.getSystemEventQueueImplPP
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: deploy
  • Sub-Component: webstart
  • Affected Version: 8u271
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Incomplete
  • OS: windows_10
  • CPU: x86_64
  • Submitted: 2020-10-22
  • Updated: 2020-11-11
  • Resolved: 2020-10-23
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JDK 8
8-poolResolved
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8019274 - RMI thread can no longer call out to AWT thread for webstart app
Description
A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Running our app via JNLP causes SwingUtilities.InvokeLater to fail with the stack trace below. This looks like a regression, very similar looking stack traces in https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8019274

java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.awt.SunToolkit.getSystemEventQueueImplPP(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.SunToolkit.getSystemEventQueueImplPP(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.SunToolkit.getSystemEventQueueImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Toolkit.getEventQueue(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(Unknown Source)
at ...

REGRESSION : Last worked in version 8


FREQUENCY : always
Comments
Closing this report as Incomplete since we have not received any information from the submitter. We shall reopen this report, if we receive any update in future.
11-11-2020
Mail to submitter: ============= Please provide a standalone test case/urls showing the reported problem for further investigation.
23-10-2020