JDK-6178323 : REGRRESSION: sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer throws exception "couldn't create component peer"
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.awt
  • Affected Version: 5.0u1
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: windows_xp
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 2004-10-13
  • Updated: 2011-01-19
  • Resolved: 2004-10-25
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Other JDK 6
5.0u1Fixed 6 b10Fixed
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-6178551 - InternalError: Couldn't create component peer for Print dialogs on Windows
Relates :  
JDK-5088782 - AWT application does not load : throws NPE
Description
Regression since 1.5.0_01 build02.
Found on WinXP, not seen on Solaris and Linux.

test case: /java/j2se-sqe/i18n/workspaces/i18n_tiger_ws/i18n/bundles/b08/gs15-b08.tar.gz
test procedure:
1. de-archive the test case.
2. go to i18n_tiger_ws/i18n/src/GS
3. sh run_gs.sh -jdk:$JAVA_HOME other-functional/awt/print/PrintTest.java
4. Click on "Plain" button to reproduce the problem.

----------System.err:(25/1663)----------^M
java.lang.InternalError: couldn't create component peer^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer.checkCreation(WComponentPeer.java:549)
^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer.<init>(WComponentPeer.java:529)^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WCanvasPeer.<init>(WCanvasPeer.java:35)^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WPanelPeer.<init>(WPanelPeer.java:54)^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WWindowPeer.<init>(WWindowPeer.java:79)^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WPrintDialogPeer.<init>(WPrintDialogPeer.java:23)^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WPageDialogPeer.<init>(WPageDialogPeer.java:13)^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WToolkit.createWPageDialog(WToolkit.java:445)^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WPageDialog.addNotify(WPageDialog.java:30)^M
        at java.awt.Dialog.conditionalShow(Dialog.java:441)^M
        at java.awt.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:506)^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WPrinterJob.pageDialog(WPrinterJob.java:355)^M
        at PrintTest$_PrintTest.actionPerformed(PrintTest.java:218)^M
        at java.awt.Button.processActionEvent(Button.java:388)^M
        at java.awt.Button.processEvent(Button.java:356)^M
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3955)^M
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3803)^M
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:463)^M
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchTh
read.java:234)^M
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThre
ad.java:163)^M
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:157)
^M
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:149)
^M
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:110)^M
STATUS:Failed.Applet thread threw exception: java.lang.InternalError: couldn't c
reate component peer^M
###@###.### 10/13/04 08:29 GMT
Comments
SUGGESTED FIX ------- WPrintDialogPeer.java ------- *** /tmp/sccs.NwayoQ Wed Oct 13 12:55:10 2004 --- WPrintDialogPeer.java Wed Oct 13 12:44:33 2004 *************** *** 27,32 **** --- 27,36 ---- this.parent = parent; } + // don't use checkCreation() from WComponentPeer to avoid hwnd check + protected void checkCreation() { + } + protected void disposeImpl() { WToolkit.targetDisposedPeer(target, this); } ###@###.### 10/13/04 08:58 GMT
13-10-2004
EVALUATION Since AWT print and page dialogs are native windows dialogs we should skip window creation check introduced with 5088782 for them. For now it is skipped only for file dialogs. ###@###.### 10/13/04 08:58 GMT
13-10-2004