<AWT Dev> [8] Review request for 7149062: [macosx] dock menu don't show available frames

[Anthony Petrov]

Mike et al.,

Could I get a review for this fix please?

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best regards,
Anthony

On 04/18/12 16:37, Anthony Petrov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Please review a fix for http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=7149062 at:
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~anthony/8-26-windowListInDockMenu-7149062.0/
>
> The AWTWindow class now inherits from NSObject and implements the
> NSWindowDelegate protocol. The real NSWindow object is held in the
> nsWindow property of the AWTWindow class, and is represented by either
> an AWTWindow_Normal or AWTWindow_Panel instance. These two classes
> inherit from NSWindow and NSPanel correspondingly. Note, however, that
> we still return a reference to the NSWindow/NSPanel instance to Java so
> that the pointer could be used with CWrapper methods directly. A
> reference to an associated AWTWindow instance is always available as
> (AWTWindow*)[nsWindow delegate].
>
> All windows that inherit from NSWindow are added to the windows list in
> the dock icon menu by default. We use NSPanel-based windows for UTILITY,
> HUD, NONACTIVATING, and HIDES_ON_DEACTIVATE windows only, because these
> kinds of windows typically don't represent main application windows, and
> thus aren't expected to be added to the windows list. Besides, UTILITY
> (and HUD?) windows just have to be NSPanels.
>
> This fix is going to be back-ported to 7u6 later on.
>
> --
> best regards,
> Anthony