<AWT Dev> [9] Review request for JDK-8056211: JCK test api/java_awt/Event/InputMethodEvent/serial fails

[Alexey Ivanov]

Hello AWT team,

This is a reminder,

Is there any volunteer to review this fix?

Thanks,
Alexey.

On 29.08.2014 12:20, Alexey Ivanov wrote:
> Hello AWT Team,
>
> Could you please review the fix for bug:
>     bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8056211
>     webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~aivanov/8056211/jdk9/webrev.00/
>
> Description:
> When you deserialize InputMethodEvent object serialized with JDK 1.3 
> or earlier, you'll get java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: null 
> source. To initialize 'when' field, getMostRecentEventTimeForSource is 
> used in this case but 'source' field is always null when object is 
> deserialized.
>
> The fix:
> Use the old way to initialize 'when' field where its value is 0, that 
> is EventQueue.getMostRecentEventTime().
>
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Alexey.