RFR: 8055461: getNextID in ImageIcon class can lead to overflow

[Prasanta Sadhukhan]

On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:06:10 GMT, Alexey Ivanov <aivanov at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Could you elaborate please?
> 
> The `mediaTrackerID` is a static field in `ImageIcon`; `MediaTracker` is also a static-like shared instance that's stored in `AppContext`.
> 
> This means if `mediaTrackerID` overflows, the application can't use `new ImageIcon` to load any more images — the application can no longer work. The application can do nothing about it.

WHy application cant use new ImageIcon I didnt understand?
I meant if application creates/instantiates a new ImageIcon (seeing the previous ImageIcon is giving ABORTED status for all images), the `mediaTrackerID` will reset from 0, this field will have no bearing from previous ImageIcon instance..am I missing something?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25666#issuecomment-2962504035