<Swing Dev> RFR: 8199529 : javax/swing/text/Utilities/8142966/SwingFontMetricsTest.java fails on windows

[Prasanta Sadhukhan]

+1

Regards
Prasanta
On 18-May-20 8:57 AM, Philip Race wrote:
> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8199529
> webrev : http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~prr/8199529/
>
> Whilst this test does not currently fail, it did fail at the time when 
> freetype was
> returning different metrics for LCD vs B&W.
>
> The problem is that the test assumes LCD AA is set on the graphics 
> when in
> fact Swing sets that hint just before rendering test and reverts it 
> afterwards.
>
> Since all the built-in L&Fs are supposed to get the AA hint from the 
> desktop,
> updating the AA hint on the graphics to match that is required to 
> match what
> Swing is supposed to have set on the component.
>
> Test passes on all platforms - before and after the fix, however it 
> now will
> report a failure only when there is one .. rather than the false 
> positive we had.
>
> -phil.