FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_40-ea-b29)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 24.0-b48, mixed mode, sharing)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
We have a client-server app where the client is notified over RMI from the server using SwingUtilities.invokeLater. These calls all fail with a NullPointerException when our application is launched with Java Web Start, but succeed when launched as a local application

REGRESSION. Last worked in version 7u21


ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at sun.awt.SunToolkit.getSystemEventQueueImplPP(Unknown Source)
        at sun.awt.SunToolkit.getSystemEventQueueImplPP(Unknown Source)
        at sun.awt.SunToolkit.getSystemEventQueueImpl(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.Toolkit.getEventQueue(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(Unknown Source)
        at com.nexgenfs.process.processcontroller.ui.MainPanel$PListener.changed(MainPanel.java:242)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor10.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(Unknown Source)
        at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Unknown Source)
        at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Unknown Source)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(Unknown Source)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(Unknown Source)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
        at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.exceptionReceivedFromServer(StreamRemoteCall.java:255)
        at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.executeCall(StreamRemoteCall.java:233)
        at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:142)
        at java.rmi.server.RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.invokeRemoteMethod(RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.java:178)
        at java.rmi.server.RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.invoke(RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.java:132)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy15.changed(Unknown Source)
        at com.nexgenfs.process.processcontroller.manager.ManagerImpl$4.fire(ManagerImpl.java:717)
        at com.nexgenfs.process.processcontroller.manager.ManagerImpl$7.run(ManagerImpl.java:768)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:895)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:918)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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