<AWT Dev> Request for review: 7155298 : Editable TextArea blocks GUI application from exit

[Oleg Sukhodolsky]

Hi Sean,

as far as I understand the caret and the timer both come from Swing,
thus I wonder why
calling removeNotify() on JPasswotrdField/JTextArea doesn't stop the
timer? What does Swing expect?
It might be some bug in Swing (I hope it is not, but it is better to verify ;)

As for changes I'd suggest to move this additional call (if we decide
that this is the right way to fix the problem) into
AWTTextArea/AWTTextField.removeNotify() this will help in case we
decide to call it in some other place.

Regards, Oleg.

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Sean Chou <zhouyx at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>      It is found that when TextArea or TextField is setEditable(true), the
> application will not exit after the application frame disposes.
> The reason is the visible caret contains a timer which controls its flashing
> . This timer must be stopped when disposing.
>
> Link to webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~zhouyx/7155298/webrev.00/
> Link to bug: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7155298
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Sean Chou
>