RFR: 8368576: PrintJob.getGraphics() does not specify behavior after PrintJob.end()

[Sergey Bylokhov]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 22:14:33 GMT, Phil Race <prr at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Same as before - this is just a spec. change, no implementation. The implementation closes the graphics when end() is called so any rendering to it is a no-op. The spec for PrintJob.end() has the same text as shown below.
> 
> ```
> /**  
>  * Ends the print job and does any necessary cleanup.
>  */     
> public synchronized void end() {
>     
>     /* Prevent the PrinterJob thread from appending any more
>      * graphics to the to-be-drawn queue
>      */
>     graphicsToBeDrawn.close();
> ```

Does this mean that using the graphics object after calling .end is not specified as noop? The comments above is from the non public API.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27474#issuecomment-3330943289