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  2. JDK-8218655

The second creation of a JFXPanel hangs in a headless environment

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      ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
      Ubuntu 18.10 with OpenJFX used through Maven dependency `org.openjfx:javafx-swing`

      A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
      In order to avoid test failures due to `UnsupportedOperationException` in a headless environment (e.g. Docker based GitLab CI runner) a user might create a `JFXPanel` and catch `UnsupportedOperationException`. If this test is performed the second time, `new JFXPanel()` never returns.

      The issue doesn't occur on a desktop system.

      STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
      Run

      ```
      try {
          System.out.println("Checking availability of JavaFX for tests");
          new JFXPanel();
          System.out.println("JavaFX available for tests");
      }catch(UnsupportedOperationException ex) {
          //`new JFXPanel()` for JavaFX toolkit initialization causes
          //`java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Unable to open DISPLAY`
          //instead of HeadlessException (which is a subclass of
          //UnsupportedOperationException)
          if("Unable to open DISPLAY".equals(ex.getMessage())) {
              System.out.println("UnsupportedOperationException indicates that the test is run on a headless machine, e.g. a CI service");
          } else {
              throw ex;
          }
      }
      ```

      in two different test classes.

      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
      Both statements `new JFXPanel()` ought to throw `UnsupportedOperationException` or the latter to fail with a verbose exception.
      ACTUAL -
      The second statement never returns.

      ---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
      See https://gitlab.com/krichter/javafx-multiple-initialization/tree/jfxpanel for SSCCE and CI results (the master branch contains a solution with `Platform.startup` which can be used in projects using source features <9 and only works in this scenario, but not in other code - I can investigate further if this issue is confirmed and the fix doesn't fix the issue in the other code).
      ---------- END SOURCE ----------

      FREQUENCY : always


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