FULL PRODUCT VERSION :


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
java version "1.5.0_06"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_06-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_06-b05, mixed mode)

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Add a property change listener to a component.
Invoke setCursor.
No property change is fired.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Since the cursor is as much a property of a component as the background color, I would expect a property change to be fired when the cursor is changed.

I was implementing a visual overlay with a non-opaque component (like a badge icon or tinting effect, see rabbit-hole.blogspot.com/2006/04/decoratoroverpainter-update.html). The overpainter's cursor must match the underlying component's cursor to avoid cursor flicker or obscuring the underlying component's cursor altogether.
ACTUAL -
No property change is fired.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Recompile source for Component to include the line

firePropertyChange("cursor", oldCursor, newCursor)