Name: akC57697 Date: 05/08/97



A java.awt component calls paint() differently on different platforms.
The next test passes on Solaris without any stops in accordance with
intuitive understanding, but hangs on Windows95.
AWT documentation doesn't say anything about when to expect a paint()
call and when not to expect it.

---------------------------Test.java--------------------------------------------
import java.awt.*;

public class Test {
   public static void main(String[] args){

      TestButton one;
      Frame f = new Frame();
      f.setSize(300,200); // set initial size
      one = new TestButton("TestButton");
      f.add(one);
      f.setVisible(true); // show container

      try {
        one.waitForPaint();
      }
      catch (InterruptedException e)
      { System.out.println("interrupted(1)");
        return ;
      }

      // Perform test several times
      for (int i=0; i<5; i++) {
        one.setLabel("Wait for repaint... N"+i); //setLabel must call paint()
        
        try {
          one.waitForPaint();
        }
        catch (InterruptedException e)
        { System.out.println("interrupted(1)");
          return ;
        }
        
try {
            Thread.sleep(500);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {}
      }
       System.out.println("OKAY"); //No delays
         System.exit(0);
   }
}

class TestButton extends Button {
  private boolean sawPaint;

      TestButton() {
        super();
        sawPaint = true;
      }

      TestButton(String title) {
        super(title);
        sawPaint = true;
      }

      public void paint(Graphics g) {
        super.paint(g);
        synchronized(this) {
          sawPaint = true;
          notifyAll();
        }
      }

      public synchronized void waitForPaint() throws InterruptedException {
        sawPaint = false;
        while (sawPaint == false) {
          wait();
        }
      }

}

______________________ Output ________________________________________
Solaris:OKAY
Windows95:^C
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