<Swing Dev> RFR: JDK-8259818: [TEST_BUG] Convert applet-based test test/jdk/javax/swing/JCheckBox/8032667/bug8032667.java to a regular java

[Sergey Bylokhov]

On Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:12:10 GMT, Alexey Ivanov <aivanov at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Unifying the UI makes sense in the long run. Will it involve retrofitting all the existing manual test which already have its own UI?
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>> In most cases, the UI in manual tests is similar: Pass / Fail buttons at the bottom with the test instructions above. Then there are differences… Other parts of the UI depend on the nature of the test.
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>> I've always found manual tests a bit confusing: a test, especially applet-based one, opens two windows; however, one window is easier to focus on.
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> To confirm: we're not modifying the current applet-based manual tests until there's a common framework to migrate them off the applet API. Do I understand it correctly?

Yes, I suggest that. Maybe we can start with that replacement? In the jtreg itself or via separate lib.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2094