Name: jk109818 Date: 06/30/2003


A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
  ToolTipManager.sharedInstance is package private then UI developers can poorly customize tooltips. this static field must be protected.
furthermore, the JComponent.createToolTip() should call a new ToolTipManager.createToolTip(JComponent) method.

(Personal comment: WHY Swing is so package protected ?? especially in Pluggable LookAndFeels implementations. the swing toolkit seems not very security sensitive, then increase its extensibility seems a normal requirement, this is developer friendly)

JUSTIFICATION :
This small correction enables nice StatusBar implementations for example, and many other applications.
(Review ID: 188886)
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