Request for approval: JDK-8024436 [macosx] NullPointerException at javax.swing.TransferHandler$DropHandler.handleDrag since jdk8b93, 7u40b28

[Petr Pchelko]

Hello,

this is a request for approval to backport the fix to jdk7u-dev.

The bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8024163
The webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~pchelko/8024163/webrev.01/
The review: http://openjdk.5641.n7.nabble.com/lt-AWT-Dev-gt-8-Review-Request-JDK-8024163-macosx-NullPointerException-at-javax-swing-TransferHandle8-td156289.html
The jdk8 changeset:  http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/awt/jdk/rev/1189f954d52f

Thank you.
With best regards. Petr.