Netbeans addresses RI-specific fields

[Zakharov, Vasily M]

Hi, all,

I'm trying to run Netbeans on Harmony, and found an issue that I'm not
sure how to deal with.

Netbeans addresses private fields (JEditorPane.kitRegistryKey,
JEditorPane.kitTypeRegistryKey) and classes (sun.awt.AppContext)
existing in RI only.

The code containing those references is generally equivalent to this:

        try {
            Field field =
JEditorPane.class.getDeclaredField("kitRegistryKey");
            field.setAccessible(true);
            Object key = field.get(JEditorPane.class);
            Hashtable table = (Hashtable)
sun.awt.AppContext.getAppContext().get(key);
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            t.printStackTrace();
        }

The code works ok if those RI-specific fields/classes are not found (e.
g. on Harmony) as all the exceptions are caught.

However, nasty NoSuchFieldException stack traces appear in Netbeans log
file, and may make someone think that there is a bug in Harmony.

Also, the code above won't compile if someone wants to build Netbeans on
Harmony from sources, as sun.awt.AppContext class name is hardcoded.

So, my suggestions are:

1. File a bug to Netbeans and suggest replacing hardcoded
sun.awt.AppContext class name with a reflection call:

        Class appContextClass = Class.forName("sun.awt.AppContext");
        Hashtable table = (Hashtable)
                appContextClass.getMethod("get", new Class[] {
Object.class }).invoke(
                        appContextClass.getMethod("getAppContext",
(Class[]) null).invoke(
                                null, (Object[]) null), new Object[] {
key });

2. File a JIRA to Harmony to make sure this problem is not forgotten and
is easily searchable and recognizable in future.

3. Propose a workaround patch to the JIRA above to include a
non-functional stub for sun.awt.AppContext to suncompat module, for this
issue to not prevent Netbeans from compiling on Harmony.

Any opinions, suggestions, objections?

Vasily Zakharov
Intel ESSD