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Re: should I use java.awt.* only or also use javax.swing in applets?

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In article <ipun5u$2v1$1@dont-email.me>, markspace <-@.> wrote:

> On 5/5/2011 9:16 AM, John B. Matthews wrote:
> >
> > Somehow I'd previously overlooked the need to construct the GUI on the
> > EDT for JApplets. Thanks for the reminder!
> 
> 
> Don't forget this applies to all calls to your JApplet that you 
> didn't initiate yourself.  For example, init(), start(), stop() and 
> destroy(): you definitely should access any UI component they 
> interact with on the EDT. This includes destroying UI components and 
> shutting down, not just creating the GUI.
> 
> Also, don't forget thatany other JComponent method could be called by 
> JavaScript, or in fact JavaScript could call any public method at all 
> that your applet declares.  If you're being really defensive, you 
> might want to override all public methods that access the GUI or are 
> not thread safe, and verify you are in fact being called on the EDT 
> (or do whatever else is needed to assure/detect thread safety).

I'll have to throw in an "amen" and note that the forthcoming version 7 
appears to have quietly deprecated the thread-safety of several methods, 
including JTextArea's append().

<http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/swing/JTextArea>

Related bugs are notoriously protean and difficult to reproduce; 
diligence is the only defense.

-- 
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

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          Re: should I use java.awt.* only or also use javax.swing in applets? markspace <-@.> - 2011-05-05 20:05 -0700
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