AppContext issue in Apple Java 6 -- same issue in Oracle Java 7?

[Leonid Romanov]

Hi,
Thanks for your report. Is your app available for download by the general public? There are things I'd like to check…

On Jun 22, 2013, at 1:28 AM, James Tomson <james.b.tomson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> We've been experiencing lockup issues with our Java Web Start application
> on MacOSX since the introduction of 7u25. Running with 7u25, our
> application is now invoking swing methods on both the AWT-EventQueue owned
> by our 'main' thread group, as well as a queue instance owned by a
> "javawsApplicationThreadGroup" group.
> 
> Now in this situation of dispatching events multiple AWT-EventQueues there
> is a risk of deadlock, and in our case we've seen these fairly frequently
> with 7u25, which renders our app unresponsive and must be forced quit.
> 
> Hopefully this deadlock issue is related to the fix for 6u51 involving
> event dispatching with different AppContexts (since it seems a new
> AppContext has been introduced in the javawsApplicationThreadGroup?) and
> can be applied to 7 as well...
> 
> Cheers,
> James
> 
>> Hi,
>> Thanks for the links. I've skimmed through them and it looks like most of
> them are about Apple Java. There are one or two links where people are
> reporting 7u25 causing troubles, however, there is not enough evidence >to
> conclude that it is the same problem as with Apple Java.
>> 
>> On Jun 21, 2013, at 11:15 PM, Steve Kann <stevek at stevek.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Mike and Mac Java folks,
>>> 
>>> First -- Mike -- thank you and Apple for so quickly fixing the Java 6
> update!
>>> 
>>> We've been experiencing similar issues with Java 7 -- specifically with
> webstart apps, but it seems that many others are seeing the same thing:
>>> 
>>> (here's my little list of links, some to Java 6, some to Java 7, with
> fallout):
>>> http://scn.sap.com/message/14139064
>>> 
>>> http://knowledgebase.pearsonschool.com/kmp/article/AA-07056
>>> 
>>> 
> http://www.mathworks.us/matlabcentral/answers/79489-java-1-6-0_51-breaks-matlab-2012b-and-below
>>> 
> http://www.geneious.com/web/geneious/news/-/blogs/java-update-for-geneious-mac
>>> 
>>> 
> http://www.vassalengine.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6399&sid=4ff99c4e849a62b2ae745a0ad9d5afb6&start=15
>>> 
>>> 
> http://blog.traderdealer.com.au/2013/06/21/latest-java-update-fix/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+onlinestockmarkettradingupdate+(Trader+Dealer+Blog)
>>> 
>>> 
> http://www.extensis.com/support/knowledge-base/java-update-1-6-0_51-causes-startup-problems-with-uts-and-portfolio-server-on-mac-os-10-6-and-10-7/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know:
>>> 
>>> - If this problem is also the problem which has been hosing Java 7u25?
>>> - If OpenJDK will be picking up a fix?
>>> - If Oracle will be releasing a fix?
>>> 
>>> Especially since on 10.7/10.8 Apple is now requiring 7u25 or later, it's
> hard to ask users to rollback to 7u21.
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> -SteveK
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:29:08 -0700
>>>> From: Mike Swingler <swingler at apple.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: InstallAnywhere problems after Java for OS X 2013-004
>>>> Update
>>>> To: Stephen Coy <steve.coy at me.com>
>>>> Cc: "Braren, Arfst PT-RD23" <Arfst.Braren at heidelberg.com>,
>>>> "macosx-port-dev at openjdk.java.net" <macosx-port-dev at
> openjdk.java.net>
>>>> Message-ID: <ADCDB86B-FFCC-4E9C-9458-5EBC92E3F221 at apple.com>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
>>>> 
>>>> We believe that we have addressed the issue:
>>>> <http://lists.apple.com/archives/java-dev/2013/Jun/msg00055.html>
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Mike Swingler
>>>> Apple Inc.
>>>> 
>>>> On Jun 20, 2013, at 5:52 AM, Stephen Coy <steve.coy at me.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> This Java release from Apple is generating a lot of dis-satisfied
> noises over on java-dev at lists.apple.com.
>>>>> 
>>>>> You're not alone?
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 19/06/2013, at 11:14 PM, "Braren, Arfst PT-RD23" <Arfst.Braren at
> heidelberg.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> We have trouble with our InstallerApps based on InstallAnywhere after
> the latest Updates.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Java for OS X 2013-004 seems to be the "troublemaker".
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Any hints?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Kind regards
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Arfst Braren
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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