I looked at Foxtrot a while back, but decided against using it. My concerns were somewhat similar to yours: I felt that their dependence on particular implementation details of Java's event handling system - and the fact that they've needed to change Foxtrot in response to it breaking when changes were made in the JDK - made it a bit risky for me to base a system on.
I'm not "diss"ing Foxtrot, here, btw. It's a nice piece of work, and an elegant solution to the problem. But I just didn't feel like it met my needs with those drawbacks. Just my $0.02, of course. DR > -----Original Message----- > From: Irving Salisbury III [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 9:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [JAVA2D] Foxtrot > > > I have been asked to help evaluate Foxtrot for a client of mine. > Looking through the source code, I am a little concerned. Has anyone > used this or have any experience with it? I am especially concerned > about the following code: > > try > { > AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedExceptionAction() > { > public Object run() throws ClassNotFoundException, > NoSuchMethodException > { > ClassLoader loader = > ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(); > conditionalClass = > loader.loadClass("java.awt.Conditional"); > sequencedEventClass = > loader.loadClass("java.awt.SequencedEvent"); > Class dispatchThreadClass = > loader.loadClass("java.awt.EventDispatchThread"); > pumpEventsMethod = > dispatchThreadClass.getDeclaredMethod("pumpEvents", new > Class[]{conditionalClass}); > pumpEventsMethod.setAccessible(true); > > // See remarks for use of this property in > java.awt.EventDispatchThread > String property = "sun.awt.exception.handler"; > String handler = System.getProperty(property); > if (handler == null) > { > handler = ThrowableHandler.class.getName(); > System.setProperty(property, handler); > if (debug) > System.out.println("[SunJDK14ConditionalEventPump] Installing AWT > Throwable Handler " + handler); > } > else > { > if (debug) > System.out.println("[SunJDK14ConditionalEventPump] Using already > installed AWT Throwable Handler " + handler); > } > return null; > } > }); > } > catch (Throwable x) > > It looks like this is getting access to some classes that it shouldn't > have access to. > > Thanks for any help or advice. > > Irv ============================================================================== This message is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you received this message in error please delete it and notify us. If this message was misdirected, CSFB does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. CSFB retains and monitors electronic communications sent through its network. Instructions transmitted over this system are not binding on CSFB until they are confirmed by us. Message transmission is not guaranteed to be secure. ============================================================================== =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA2D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
