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  2. JDK-6834346

java.awt.Robot could not be instantiated with DISPLAY set to Linux machine

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    • solaris

      If DISPLAY is exported to Linux machine, the following instantiation won't be possible on Solaris:

      public class Robot {
          public static void main(String[] args) throws java.awt.AWTException {
              new java.awt.Robot();
          }
      }

      On JDK7 it will lead to:

      Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: button doesn't exist 12
              at java.awt.event.InputEvent.getMaskForButton(InputEvent.java:233)
              at java.awt.Robot.<init>(Robot.java:101)
              at Robot.main(Robot.java:3)

      Probably, other OS combinations are possible. Verified for two linix machines.

      Code sample above works fine on JDK6

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            dbessono Dmitry Bessonov
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