RFR: JDK-8159155 Loading the class "sun.tools.jconsole.OutputViewer" shows a modal dialog

[Staffan Larsen]

> On 13 juni 2016, at 10:11, Alan Bateman <Alan.Bateman at oracle.com> wrote:
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> On 13/06/2016 08:57, Staffan Larsen wrote:
> 
>> Please review the small diff below - see the bug for details. This change will cause OutputViewer to misbehave if init() is called more than once. But since this is an internal class in jconsole, that restriction is not a problem
>> 
>> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8159155
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> /Staffan
> Not a review comment but a question :-)   We have many classes with initializers and I'm curious why this one has been singled out. I would assume that java.desktop has many classes with initializers that load UI libraries for example.

I don’t know the answer to that question. Perhaps the filer of the bug can answer?

/Staffan