<AWT Dev> Best workaround for OSX Window leak? (JDK-8029147)

[Andy Lee]

Yes, I just tried my test case on JDK 8u112 and I can still reproduce the
JFrame leak.

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Sergey Bylokhov <
Sergey.Bylokhov at oracle.com> wrote:

> Hi, Andy.
> I suggest to check the latest jdk9 and jdk8. Do you able to reproduce this
> bug on jdk8u112?
>
>
> On 19.09.16 17:19, Andy Lee wrote:
>
>> Not sure if this is the best place to ask, but I'm looking for good way
>> to prevent the JFrame/JDialog memory leaks caused
>> by https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8029147
>>
>> The best solution I've found so far is to use reflection to dig in and
>> null out the 'target' fields on the LWComponentPeer and CPlatformWindow
>> after disposing.  This at least allows the JDialog/JFrame instance to be
>> GC'd (along with any heavier objects they may reference), but isn't
>> optimal since ultimately the LWComponentPeer and CPlatformWindow
>> instances still end up leaking.  Another problem with this approach is
>> that we have hundreds of uses of JFrames/JDialogs across our codebase
>> and this workaround would require each one of them to be modified to add
>> this special cleanup logic; I'd like to avoid that if at all possible~
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> ~Andy Lee
>>
>
>
> --
> Best regards, Sergey.
>
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