On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:42:00 GMT, Karm Michal Babacek <d...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> If there is a problem with finding and calling e.g. 
>> `java/awt/GraphicsEnvironment` in `AWTIsHeadless`, the env' Exception 
>> remains set and it is not cleared. Later, that manifests as:
>> 
>>     Fatal error reported via JNI: Could not allocate library name
>> 
>> Which is misleading. The code path is perhaps rare in a normal JDK usage, 
>> but it has been complicating our users' bug reports in the 
>> GraalVM/native-image ecosystem for quite some time.
>> 
>> Instead of failing later indicating that the user has incorrectly configured 
>> JNI, it bails out very soon with a message that seems as if a jstring could 
>> not have been allocated. It sends users on wild goose chases where it 
>> appears `JNU_NewStringPlatform` calls failed,  e.g.
>> 
>> * https://github.com/oracle/graal/issues/9138
>> * https://github.com/oracle/graal/issues/8475
>> * https://github.com/oracle/graal/issues/9300
>> * https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/31596
>> * https://github.com/graalvm/mandrel/issues/292
>> * https://github.com/Karm/mandrel-integration-tests/issues/262
>> 
>> This commit fixes the error reporting in the AWTIsHeadless.
>> 
>> Furthermore, when AOT compiled, there is little sense for having a 
>> JAVA_HOME, yet some parts of AWT code look for it to search fonts. In such 
>> case, an empty directory structure is enough to accommodate it, e.g.
>> 
>> /tmp/JAVA_HOME/
>> /tmp/JAVA_HOME/conf
>> /tmp/JAVA_HOME/conf/fonts
>> /tmp/JAVA_HOME/lib
>> 
>> The exception is somewhat cryptic for users again, merely stating:
>> 
>>     Exception in thread "main" java.io.IOException: Problem reading font 
>> data.
>>         at java.desktop@22.0.1/java.awt.Font.createFont0(Font.java:1205)
>>         at java.desktop@22.0.1/java.awt.Font.createFont(Font.java:1076)
>>         at imageio.Main.loadFonts(Main.java:139
>> 
>> Adding the cause there makes it clearer, i.e. that JAVA_HOME might be 
>> missing:
>> 
>>     Exception in thread "main" java.io.IOException: Problem reading font 
>> data.
>>         at java.desktop@23-internal/java.awt.Font.createFont0(Font.java:1206)
>>         at java.desktop@23-internal/java.awt.Font.createFont(Font.java:1076)
>>         at imageio.Main.loadFonts(Main.java:139)
>>         at imageio.Main.paintRectangles(Main.java:97)
>>         at imageio.Main.main(Main.java:195)
>>         at 
>> java.base@23-internal/java.lang.invoke.LambdaForm$DMH/sa346b79c.invokeStaticInit(LambdaForm$DMH)
>>     Caused by: java.lang.Error: java.home property not set
>>         at 
>> java.desktop@23-internal/sun.awt.FontConfiguration.findFontConfigF...
>
> Karm Michal Babacek has updated the pull request incrementally with one 
> additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Treats missing class as a fatal error

P.S. There surely is an actual problem here: the error message that is 
currently output misrepresents the actual cause of the failure.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20169#issuecomment-2296736175

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