If the user selects SlangSoft's Java input method, a NullPointerException will be thrown at the next JVM boot. Here is the stack trace of the exception.

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at sun.awt.im.CompositionAreaHandler.getClientInputMethodRequests(Compos
itionAreaHandler.java:188)
        at sun.awt.im.CompositionAreaHandler.getTextLocation(CompositionAreaHand
ler.java:199)
        at sun.awt.im.InputMethodContext.getTextLocation(InputMethodContext.java
:232)
        at slangsoft.spi.CJKInputMethod.updateStatusWindow(CJKInputMethod.java)
        at slangsoft.spi.CJKInputMethod.setInputMethodContext(CJKInputMethod.jav
a)
        at sun.awt.im.InputContext.getInputMethodInstance(InputContext.java:732)

        at sun.awt.im.InputContext.getInputMethod(InputContext.java:677)
        at sun.awt.im.InputContext.dispatchEvent(InputContext.java:208)
        at sun.awt.im.InputMethodContext.dispatchEvent(InputMethodContext.java:1
81)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:2849)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:2766)
        at java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager.redispatchEvent(KeyboardFocusManager.ja
va:1510)
        at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.typeAheadAssertions(DefaultKeybo
ardFocusManager.java:658)
        at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.dispatchEvent(DefaultKeyboardFoc
usManager.java:413)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:2790)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:2766)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:437)
        at java.awt.SequencedEvent.dispatch(SequencedEvent.java:96)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:435)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEvent(EventDispatchThread.java:14
0)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:126)

        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:121)

        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:99)

naoto.sato@Eng 2000-12-07