Java SE 6 Update 12 Release Notes.
6757316
hotspot
compiler1
load_constant() produces a wrong long constant, with high a low words swapped
6758445
hotspot
compiler1
loop heads that are exception entry points can crash during count_edges/mark_loops
6767587
hotspot
compiler1
missing call to make_not_entrant after deoptimizing for patching volatiles
6741642
hotspot
compiler2
bad enum definition in ciTypeFlow.hpp
6722112
hotspot
garbage_collector
CMS: Incorrect encoding of overflown object arrays during concurrent precleaning
6722116
hotspot
garbage_collector
CMS: Incorrect overflow handling when using parallel concurrent marking
6739357
hotspot
garbage_collector
CMS: Switch off CMSPrecleanRefLists1 until 6722113 can be fixed
6653214
hotspot
monitoring_management
MemoryPoolMXBean.setUsageThreshold() does not support large heap sizes
6671882
hotspot
runtime_system
memory access after free in solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp
6382377
idl
orb
incorrect Exception is given to interceptor
6614558
idl
serialization
jmx interop JDK5 - JDK6 issue when calling getMBeanInfo
6746334
java
char_encodings
SingleByteDecoder can be significantly faster
6359283
java
classes_2d
PrinterJob.pageDialog() ret. incorrect PageFormat when non-default printer used
6638533
java
classes_2d
Layout should not apply shaping to precomposed arabic presentation form glyphs.
6653384
java
classes_2d
Variable "initialized" in class CUPSPrinter is static by mistake
6708580
java
classes_2d
Java applications slow when EXA enabled
6749060
java
classes_2d
LCD AA text rendered incorrectly when destination is non opaque (sw pipeline only)
6751616
java
classes_2d
outline for underline in TextLayout with underline is off rasterized underline
6751621
java
classes_2d
TextLayout.getBounds() doesn't account for strike through
6758179
java
classes_2d
D3D: AlphaComposite is applied incorrectly for uncached opaque BufferedImage
6766342
java
classes_2d
Improve performance of Ductus rasterizer
6772137
java
classes_2d
D3D: Dragging the scroll bar of a JScrollPane containing a JTree causes incorrect red
6775317
java
classes_2d
Improve performance of non-AA transformed rectangles and single wide lines in software pipelines
4811096
java
classes_awt
Allow limited mixing of heavy and lightweight components
6519005
java
classes_awt
regression: Selection the item on the choice don't work properly in vista ultimate.
6552803
java
classes_awt
the moveToFront causes Heavyweight components to be removed.
6589530
java
classes_awt
HW/LW mixing code incorrectly handles insertion of components with the setComponentZOrder() method
6637655
java
classes_awt
Mixing of heavyweight/lightweight components does not wrk with GlassPane childre
6707023
java
classes_awt
Chinese Characters in JTextPane Cause Pane to Hang
6714829
java
classes_awt
REGRESSION: Wrong modal dialog activated after child closed, causes freeze
6749517
java
classes_awt
Request to enhance the 6u10 Security Warning appearance
6750920
java
classes_awt
Window transparency throws IAE if called before pack or setSize
6765065
java
classes_awt
Security Warning needs better icons
6776839
java
classes_awt
AWTUtilities.setWindowOpaque() causes a stack overflow on X11
6779066
java
classes_awt
Untrusted window cannot receive input focus by clicking its taskbar button after deiconification
6784816
java
classes_awt
Remove AWT tree lock from Container methods: getComponent, getComponents, getComponentCount
6786210
java
classes_awt
Deadlock occurs when handling mouseLeave on XToolkit
6774170
java
classes_management
LocalRMIServerSocketFactory should protect against ServerSocket.accept().getInetAddress() being null
6720866
java
classes_net
Slow performance using HttpURLConnection for upload
6721619
java
classes_net
Java Web Start 1.6.0 shows intermittent https communication breakdown
6763219
java
classes_security
XMLDSig XPath Filter 2 Transform subtract filter is broken
6764553
java
classes_security
com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.security.utils.IdResolver is not thread safe
6491619
java
classes_swing
No mouse events from titlebar in JRootPane of JFrame
6510999
java
classes_swing
Selection in a JList with both scrollbars visible jumps on arrowkey-down
6581899
java
classes_swing
JTextField & JTextArea - Poor performance with JRE 1.5.0_08
6624717
java
classes_swing
Corrupted combo box, GTK L&F, Ubuntu 7.10
6699856
java
classes_swing
Creating text in a JTextPane using Chinese text causes undesired behavior
6726866
java
classes_swing
Repainting artifacts when resizing or dragging JInternalFrames in non-opaque toplevel
6735259
java
classes_swing
NPE at WindowsComboBoxUI$XPComboBoxButton.getState(WindowsComboBoxUI.java:408)
6742850
java
classes_swing
Antialiasing for GTK L&F should be turned on by default if there is no embedded bitmap.
6768387
java
classes_swing
REGRESSION: JTable no longer serializable
4823811
java
classes_text
[Fmt-Da] SimpleDateFormat patterns don't allow embedding of some literal punctuation
6683975
java
classes_text
[fmt-da] Regression: Java 6 returns English DateFormatPatterns for Thai locale
6743394
java
classes_util_i18n
(tz) tzmappings must be updated for Windows
6783139
java
classes_util_i18n
(tz) Windows time zone mapping table needs to be updated for KB955839
6599383
java
classes_util_jarzip
Unable to open zip files more than 2GB in size
6541476
java
imageio
PNG imageio plugin incorrectly handles iTXt chunk
6478142
java
install
Java Update continues even after the new posted update is pulled out
6656032
java
install
Java AutoUpdate: Refresh cached information from xml file, before showing the bubble & installation
6718336
java
install
kernel jre uninstallation interrupted with java setup - close applications dialog
6747473
java
install
REGRESSION:Installing 64bit JDK, an error message shows when begin the JRE installer
6758907
java
install
Online install is STATIC if patches are not created for 6u10 and all lesser versions
6759889
java
install
Need to create Auto Update for Java FX v1.5
6763365
java
install
Update mentions of JavaFX in JRE install panels to reflect new JavaFX brand/logo
6764967
java
install
Java JRE 1.6u10 installer failed with error 1606 when using "/qb!" switchm
6767867
java
install
Need to combine command line and XML options for non-AU iftw execution
6767961
java
install
jxpiinstall.exe does not use the correct method for ping
6779985
java
install
JRE install when PendingFileRenameOperations is set, Error 1606 or JavaFX preload is not run
6541350
java
localization
TimeZone display names localization
6645271
java
localization
Wrong date format for Croatian (hr) locale
6708417
java
localization
On Chinese OS Applet string is appearing in English
6745048
java
localization
Unnecessary surfix "(O)" in JFileChooser open button text
6757517
java
localization
"close applications" dialog sounds funny for German
6754672
java
monitoring
java.io.IOException: The server sockets created using the LocalRMIServerSocketFactory
6695609
java
sunservicetags
wmic is called on every method call of RegistrationData.loadFromXML
6750389
java
sunservicetags
The cpuManufactorer does not correctly recognized for Solaris 10
6712190
java_deployment
configuration
Java Web Start behaves differently on Windows Terminal Server wrt file "deployment.config"
6775019
java_deployment
configuration
Java Control Panel Plugin/Webstart JRE dialog issues in 6u12 b02
6757907
java_deployment
download
deployJava.js should by default disable codebase lookups
6759336
java_deployment
download
uninstalling application should not remove resources in extensions.
6764338
java_deployment
download
when "Range" header is present in HTTP request, we should not cache the request
6770763
java_deployment
download
Add Install Stat (pings) for JavaFX installs
6699715
java_deployment
general
JDK6: Authentication dialogue always offers to "Save this password in password list" on Windows
6750054
java_deployment
general
Java control panel can't be launched in true 64bit JRE on 64bit OS
6751232
java_deployment
general
java kernel installer should not display UI while javafx preload
6763387
java_deployment
general
Java Control Panel's title bar and tabs are jutted out of the desktop
6767447
java_deployment
general
Java Control Panel icon issues on Windows XP 64 bit and Win2003 64bit
6786318
java_deployment
general
MemoryCache leaks memory on repetative requests for the same resource
6791247
java_deployment
general
jfx pings should be sent to sunjfxinstallstat report suite
6680990
java_deployment
jkernel
Different UI of "Unable to connect to the Internet" dialog
6690159
java_deployment
jkernel
Pressing Cancel on Additional Download causing application to close
6770742
java_plugin
doc
No default JDK version for IE7 on Win Vista after 6u10
6674383
java_plugin
ocx
Problems running applets in the Hyper Text Appllication (HTA) from windows
6643769
java_plugin
other
Applet main windows steals focus on Popup windows which is running Applet.
6784894
java_plugin
other
Regression: applets loaded from local disk can not access co-located resources
4802695
java_plugin
plugin
Support 64-bit Java Plug-in and Java webstart on Windows/Linux on AMD64
6632182
java_plugin
plugin
In case of IE, "About Java Technology" frame goes background when opened from system tray
6749040
java_plugin
plugin
Runtime settings are not applied in classic Plug-In with "-rc2" version string
6712099
java_plugin
plugin2
JRE install clears out all existing Java Runtime parameters for older JRE's
6723525
java_plugin
plugin2
DnD "Desktop Integration Warning" doesn't occur until browser window is closed/changed
6740227
java_plugin
plugin2
DnD: file associations don't work for dragged out applets
6745455
java_plugin
plugin2
Firefox extensions using Java don't work with new Java Plug-In
6749180
java_plugin
plugin2
Specification of jnlp.* system properties does not cause required applet relaunch
6750726
java_plugin
plugin2
Java Plug-In must support MIME type specification in object tag in IE
6753380
java_plugin
plugin2
lazy package and parts does not work in jnlp applets with new plugin
6753665
java_plugin
plugin2
Applet.stop() not called when launching dragged applet from desktop
6757906
java_plugin
plugin2
Update LiveConnect-related documentation and tests
6761033
java_plugin
plugin2
Use NPAPI for Mac OS X port of new Java Plug-In
6761680
java_plugin
plugin2
NullPointerException thrown when dragging applets out of browser with virtualized X11 guest OSs
6764266
java_plugin
plugin2
Modal dialog from JavaScript called by JSObject causes IE freeze
6764345
java_plugin
plugin2
cannot launch dragged applets offline
6764974
java_plugin
plugin2
Plugin2: casts a ClassNotFoundException instead of a NoClassDefFoundError
6767160
java_plugin
plugin2
New plugin does not pick up jre installed by DT
6768120
java_plugin
plugin2
Initialization of document base not working on Safari on Mac OS X
6769610
java_plugin
plugin2
When running java plugin 1.6.0_10 with earlier version of JRE first line of console is wrong.
6769840
java_plugin
plugin2
Replace orange "Java logo" animation
6770420
java_plugin
plugin2
environment variables '_java_options' and 'java_tool_options' are disregarded
6770422
java_plugin
plugin2
HTMLTextAreaElement non-functional in plug-in2
6771026
java_plugin
plugin2
Plugin2 crashes on applets in XHTML/XML files
6771315
java_plugin
plugin2
Error in implementation of Document.createDocumentFragment, createTextNode and createComment
6773313
java_plugin
plugin2
Mac OS X port crashes with latest WebKit nightly
6783125
java_plugin
plugin2
Plugin2: DND shortcut launch throw exceptions if applet JNLP href has no codebase
6790708
java_plugin
plugin2
crossdomain.xml broken in Java 6 update 12ea b02/b03
6791692
java_plugin
plugin2
applet under next geneneration plug-in fails with exception
6672643
javawebstart
general
Java Web Start 1.5 lost the possibility to adjust proxy settings independently from Java Plugin
6744907
javawebstart
general
Java WebStart should not create any Swing/AWT objects on warm start
6766037
javawebstart
general
Signed jar gives SecurityException: host syntax error in crossdomain.xml
6772645
javawebstart
general
dragged-out FX applet can't be relaunched even with main=false set in JNLP file
6775919
javawebstart
general
javaws -silent is broken for apps with extensions (like javafx)
6696175
javawebstart
jnlp_file
javaws not recognizing properties which contains % character
6740193
javawebstart
jnlp_file
bug in Java Webstart Caching when using large argument list on resource href.
6772138
javawebstart
jnlp_file
Can not change splash image if jnlp href is not set.
6741349
javawebstart
other
Regression: NullPointerException in com.sun.javaws.security.SigningInfo.verifyAllEntriesSign
6750401
jce
pkcs11_csp
SSL stress test with GF leads to 32 bit max process size in less than 5 minutes,with PCKS11 provider
6592586
jmx
classes
RequiredModelMBean prints a WARNING message when calling getAttributes() for a non-existing attr
6696028
jmx
classes
JMXServiceURL like service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/iiop:// should be rejected by the RMI conn provider.
6697180
jmx
classes
JMX query results in java.io.IOException: Illegal state - also a deadlock can also be seen
6728126
jsse
runtime
Parsing Extensions in Client Hello message is done in a wrong way
6745052
jsse
runtime
SSLServerSocket file descriptor leak
6766775
jsse
runtime
X509 certificate hostname checking is broken in JDK1.6.0_10