SystemColor.<clinit> throws HeadlessException

Name: sdR10048 Date: 01/22/2001


static initialization of java.awt.SystemColor throws unexpected
HeadlessException in headless mode.
Javadoc (jdk1.4 beta 46) says nothing about HeadlessException.
See example:
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dsv@falcon ~/tmp
% cat Test.java
import java.awt.*;
public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            System.out.println( SystemColor.desktop );
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

dsv@falcon ~/tmp
% javac Test.java

dsv@falcon ~/tmp
% j -Djava.awt.headless=true Test
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
        at Test.main(Test.java:5)
Caused by: java.awt.HeadlessException
        at sun.awt.HeadlessToolkit.loadSystemColors(HeadlessToolkit.java:177)
        at java.awt.SystemColor.updateSystemColors(SystemColor.java:342)
        at java.awt.SystemColor.<clinit>(SystemColor.java:335)
        ... 1 more
^C
dsv@falcon ~/tmp
% java -version
java version "1.4.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta-b46)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4beta-B45, mixed mode)
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This causes to fail folowing jck merlin test:
api/java_awt/SystemColor/index.html#SystemColor
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