<i18n dev> <AWT Dev> [8] Review request for 6789984: JPasswordField can not receive keyboard input

Anton Litvinov anton.litvinov at oracle.com
Sun Nov 11 12:07:03 PST 2012 

Hello Naoto,

Could you, please, review a modified version of the fix, where a former 
duplicating code "endComposition();disableInputMethod()" was substituted 
for one call to "stopListening()". Also larger testing of the fix was 
done on Linux and Windows machine.

Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alitvinov/6789984/webrev.01

I came to a conclusion that substitution of call to 
"disableInputMethod()" for "stopListening()" in 
"sun.awt.im.InputContext", which is code shared between different 
platforms, will not lead to any changes on platforms other than Linux 
and Solaris. In order to prove this the following facts are provided:

 1. Windows implementation of InputMethodAdapter
    "jdk/src/windows/classes/sun/awt/windows/WInputMethod.java" does
    nothing except calling "disableInputMethod()" from its overridden
    "stopListening()", which means that this fix will not change the
    logic in Windows implementation.
 2. Mac OS implementation of InputMethodAdapter
    "jdk/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CInputMethod.java" does not
    override "stopListening()" at all and has just a stub implementation
    of "disableInputMethod()", thus the fix cannot influence behavior of
    InputMethodAdapter on Mac OS.

The following tests were run on Linux and Windows with enabled input 
methods, and no negative changes in tests' results for JDK without/with 
fix were observed:

 1. Manual/automatic jtreg tests from java/awt/im directory.
 2. Automatic jtreg tests from Focus, keyboard, KeyboardFocusmanager
    directories.
 3. JCK tests from "api/java_awt/im" and "api/java_awt/InputMethod".


Thank you,
Anton


On 11/7/2012 10:03 PM, Naoto Sato wrote:
> Thank you for trying stopListening() out. Later I figured out that 
> this method is only used when the input method instance switches the 
> underlying input method engine from native OS's InputMethodAdapter 
> instance to pure Java input method, so in this problem case it may not 
> seem to apply. Let me know your further findings.
>
> Naoto
>
> On 11/7/12 8:11 AM, Anton Litvinov wrote:
>> Hello Naoto,
>>
>> Yes, sure, I tried calling "stopListening()" method. But it does not
>> lead to complete disabling of the input methods and appearance of the
>> opportunity of entering a text into JPasswordField, when some
>> composition started in JTextField before switch of focus from the last
>> one to JPasswordField. Such situation happens, because "resetXIC()" is
>> not called after "disableInputMethod()" inside "stopListening()" of
>> "sun.awt.X11InputMethod" for the reason of unset flag "needResetXIC"
>> after a call to "endComposition()". I think that I need to substitute a
>> part of the fix calling to "endComposition()" and "disableInputMethod()"
>> inside "disableNativeIM()" of "sun.awt.im.InputContext" for one call to
>> "stopListening()". But before providing a next version of the fix for a
>> review I will have to run regression tests connected with IM on
>> platforms other than Linux and it will require some time.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Anton
>>
>> On 11/6/2012 11:21 PM, Naoto Sato wrote:
>>> Hi Anton,
>>>
>>> In order for native input methods to not grab the native events, I
>>> would guess that calling InputMethodAdapter.stopListening() would be
>>> the right solution to me. Have you tried considering calling this?
>>>
>>> Naoto
>>>
>>> On 11/5/12 3:14 AM, Anton Litvinov wrote:
>>>> Hello Naoto,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for the review. A call to "endComposition()" was added to 
>>>> the
>>>> shared code for resolution of another problem which was additionally
>>>> observed. The problem consists in the fact that some not completely
>>>> composed string inside JTextField can stay in composition state after
>>>> the focus is moved from JTextField to JPasswordField. This not 
>>>> completed
>>>> string marked with underscore disappears from JTextField at the moment
>>>> when JTextField receives focus again. So I decided to make this string
>>>> disappear when a component with disabled input methods, in current 
>>>> case
>>>> JPasswordField, receives focus by a call to "endComposition()" method.
>>>> Perhaps, it would be better to remove this call from the fix at all,
>>>> because absence of end of text composition during switch of focus
>>>> between component with enabled and disabled input methods can be 
>>>> another
>>>> separate issue, would not it? But, on the other hand, since this fix
>>>> brings the case with not composed string to a view, it should contain
>>>> some solution which is specific to Unix platforms.
>>>>
>>>> Also a new comment concerning a root cause of the bug from my view 
>>>> point
>>>> and a proposed solution was added to a page of the bug. Since it is 
>>>> not
>>>> visible on "http://bugs.sun.com" yet, it can be seen on Oracle's
>>>> internal bug tracking resource.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> Anton
>>>>
>>>> On 11/2/2012 9:08 PM, Naoto Sato wrote:
>>>>> Hi Anton,
>>>>>
>>>>> What's the reason for adding endComposition() in the shared code?
>>>>> endComposition() is supposed to end the unfinished composed string
>>>>> that is currently in composition, and the bug does not mention
>>>>> anything regarding the composition. Also, it looks like the bug is
>>>>> localized only to SCIM on Unix platforms, and calling resetXIC() 
>>>>> looks
>>>>> just enough in XIM handling code to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Naoto
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/2/12 5:43 AM, Anthony Petrov wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Anton,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not an expert in IM code, but generally the changes look good
>>>>>> to me.
>>>>>> I'm also CC'ing i18n-dev@ to take a look at this fix.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My only concern is that you're changing shared code here. Did you 
>>>>>> run
>>>>>> any IM tests on other platforms to make sure no regressions are
>>>>>> introduced?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, could you please add a comment to the bug report explaining 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> root cause of the issue and how the proposed solution helps resolve
>>>>>> it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> best regards,
>>>>>> Anthony
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11/1/2012 8:40 PM, Anton Litvinov wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please review the following fix for a bug.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bug: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6789984
>>>>>>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alitvinov/6789984/webrev.00
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This bug consists in inability of JPasswordField to react on any
>>>>>>> keyboard events under certain conditions on Linux OS. The webrev 
>>>>>>> does
>>>>>>> not contain any new "jtreg" test, because a particular Linux OS
>>>>>>> distribution with additionally installed packages are required for
>>>>>>> reproduction of the bug.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Requirements to the environment:
>>>>>>> 1. Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 5.6 x86 64/Oracle Enterprise Linux
>>>>>>> (OEL) 5.5 x86 64
>>>>>>> 2. Package "scim-anthy-1.2.0-6.el5.x86_64" and its all dependent
>>>>>>> packages installed on the OS.
>>>>>>> 3. JDK 8.
>>>>>>> 4. A simple Java Swing application, where a dialog with both
>>>>>>> JTextField and JPasswordField is displayed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>> Anton
>>>>>
>>>
>

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