RFR: 8376420: Remove AppContext from javax/swing/ImageIcon.java [v2]

[Sergey Bylokhov]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:36:04 GMT, Alexey Ivanov <aivanov at openjdk.org> wrote:

>>> Does an app need direct access to the `MediaTracker` that's used to download the image? Probably not, therefore a private member is better.
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>> The application will have this access via getter already, the problematic part here is access to the Component which is mutable so we cannot use it via final field.
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>> > Does an app need direct access to the `MediaTracker` that's used to download the image? Probably not, therefore a private member is better.
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>> The application will have this access via getter already
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> I'm confused… Where's a getter in `ImageIcon` that an app can use to get a `MediaTracker` instance?
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> The `getTracker` method is *private*.
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>> the problematic part here is access to the Component which is mutable so we cannot use it via final field.
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> The `component` field is *final*.

The field yes, but the component itself is not a constant.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29433#discussion_r2747942137