Request for approval 8048887: SortingFocusTraversalPolicy throws IllegalArgumentException from the sort method

[Nakul Natu]

Hello,

Could you please approve straight backport of JDK-8048887 
<https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8048887> to 7u-dev?

The bug:
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8048887 
<https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8048506>

The review thread:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/swing-dev/2014-July/003645.html 
<http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/swing-dev/2014-June/003636.html>

The jdk9 chageset:
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/client/jdk/rev/5a5ae13cbc66

Thank you,
Nakul