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Outstanding Issues

This chapter provides a listing of bugs that you may need to work around in your Java code for Mac OS X. Where possible, workarounds are provided.

In this section:

Java Printing
Java Virtual Machine

Java Printing

Radar #4729920

PrinterJob.setPrintService issues

Description:

The PrinterJob.setPrintService method does not reset the print service attached to the PrinterJob and does not throw an exception. When called, PrinterJob.setPrintService fails and printing to the selected printer fails as well.

Workaround:

To print a Printable and retarget it to different PrintServices, create a new DocPrintJob from the desired PrintService and use its print method. This may require creating an intermediate PagableDoc, Book, and appending your Printable using the default page from the DocPrintJob.

Java Virtual Machine

Radar #4729920

The -server option always regenerates the Java Shared Archive

Description:

Using the java command with the -server option on a PowerPC-based Mac regenerates the Java Shared Archive every time the command is issued. This issue only affects Java startup time and does not hinder a Java application’s performance.

Workaround:

Use the -Xshare:off option or explicitly choose -client when running the java command.

On Mac OS X Server, the -server option is the default, so the shared archive is always regenerated unless you explicitly use the -client option.

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