Name: rmT116609 Date: 04/08/2004


A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
java.awt.Font class doc says "Logical fonts are the five font families defined by the Java platform which must be supported by any Java runtime environment: Serif, SansSerif, Monospaced, Dialog, and DialogInput.". However, java.awt.Font does not have constants fields for these names.


JUSTIFICATION :
The compiler cannot check the spelling of "monospace" in Font.decode("monospace") and a human eye check of the UI is required. For example, monospaced is often mispelled (monospace, monospacing, etc.)

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Would like to be able to use

Font.decode(Font.MONOSPACED)

so the compiler would produce an error if this was mispelled as Font.MONOSPACE
ACTUAL -
The compile does not complain about

Font.decode("monospace")

so the error is not caught until a human eye notices the problem.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Create own MONOSPACED constant in every program that needs it..
(Incident Review ID: 246860)
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