<Swing Dev> <AWT Dev> Review request #4: 6852592 (invalidate() must be smarter)

[Anthony Petrov]

Hi Artem,

On 10/01/2009 12:24 PM, Artem Ananiev wrote:
> I've quickly looked through the changes, the fix looks fine with the 
> exception of using double-check idiom in Container.validate() - I told 
> you about that the other day.

To make sure we don't get messed up when discovering potential 
regressions, I've just filed a separate CR 6887249 (Get rid of 
double-check for isValid() idiom in validate() methods) to fix the issue 
later. Thanks for the suggestion.

--
best regards,
Anthony

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Artem
> 
> Anthony Petrov wrote:
>> It's been a long time since we discussed the issue. Now is the time 
>> for revival.
>>
>> Last time we came across a failing test [1] that had a JApplet 
>> embedded in a JFrame. The frame was expected to be validated upon 
>> showing. However, the components in the JApplet were not validated, 
>> since the JApplet itself was marked valid, but the invalidate() 
>> requests from the children of the applet stopped on the RootPane of 
>> the JApplet because it was a validate root.
>>
>> Later we found out a possible solution for that problem [2]: the 
>> show() (as well as the pack()) should validate the whole component 
>> hierarchy unconditionally.
>>
>> So, here's the fix with this solution implemented. Please review:
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~anthony/7-23-invalidate-6852592.3/
>>
>> The fix has been tested quite thoroughly: all sort of related 
>> automatic tests for both Swing and AWT areas have been run (including 
>> layout-related tests, bare (J)Component and Container-related tests, 
>> and some other.) All manual layout-related tests from AWT and Swing 
>> have also been run and passed. Mixing-related regression tests pass as 
>> well.
>>
>> Please note that I've also changed the synopsis of the change request 
>> by replacing revalidate() with invalidate() because the fix actually 
>> affects the invalidate() method only.
>>
>> [1] 
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/awt-dev/2009-August/000831.html
>>
>> [2] 
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/awt-dev/2009-August/000835.html
>>
>> -- 
>> best regards,
>> Anthony