On Fri, 8 Aug 2025 21:38:27 GMT, Phil Race <[email protected]> wrote:
> Remove finalize() from WInputMethod.java - it is used to free a native id.
> Also the reason dispose() didn't free it seems no longer relevant.
> Although I did see (when instrumenting) that dispose() was called when I
> disposed() the Frame referencing the IM,
> I don't know if I can be sure that is always done. So safest to add the
> Disposer in case it isn't.
src/java.desktop/windows/classes/sun/awt/windows/WInputMethod.java line 165:
> 163: @Override
> 164: public void dispose() {
> 165: disposerRecord.dispose();
The native dispose will call `ImmDestroyContext` which is specified as:
> However, before calling ImmDestroyContext, the application must remove the
> input context from any association with windows in the thread by using the
> [ImmAssociateContext](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/imm/nf-imm-immassociatecontext)
> function.
I did not check the code, but maybe we are calling `ImmAssociateContext` in the
wrong moment and have to postpone this "dispose" until all the object is really
unused?
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26706#discussion_r2277816637
