Java Application Support

Radar #11393973

/usr/bin/jvisualvm should delegate to installed Java 7 bundles.

Description:

The /usr/bin/jvisualvm tool should delegate to the Java VisualVM instance in a Java 7 .jdk bundle if one is present.

Resolution:

This issue has been resolved.

Radar #11530542

Java Preferences is no longer necessary on OS X 10.7 and 10.8.

Description:

As of this release, Apple is no longer supporting Java applets or Web Start applications running on Java SE 6 on OS X v10.8 and v10.7, and is delegating /usr/bin Java command-line tool priority to the highest ranked JVM installed. Due to these changes, Java Preferences is no longer necessary.

Resolution:

This issue has been resolved. Java Preferences is removed after installing “Java for OS X 2012-006”.

Java AWT

Radar #11333995

Look-and-feel decorated windows cannot de-maximize.

Description:

Windows which are decorated by a custom Look and Feel lost the ability to de-maximize once they had been maximized on OS X v10.7 and higher.

Resolution:

This issue has been resolved.

Radar #11505484

Dragging into/out of JPopupMenu crashes.

Description:

Under certain circumstances, dragging items into a JPopupMenu could cause a crash.

Resolution:

This issue has been resolved.

Java Install On Demand

Radar #11530556

Java applets and Web Start no longer supported on OS X 10.7 and 10.8.

Description:

As of this release, Apple is no longer supporting Java applets or Web Start applications running on Java SE 6 for OS X v10.8 and v10.7.

Workaround:

It is possible, but unsupported, to re-enable the Java SE 6 applet plugin. This workaround will be disabled in the next Java software update:

sudo mkdir -p /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/disabled

sudo mv  /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/disabled

sudo ln -s /System/Library/Java/Support/Deploy.bundle/Contents/Resources/JavaPlugin2_NPAPI.plugin /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

Resolution:

Applets and Web Start applications now direct users to download a JRE from Oracle Corporation. Pre-existing Web Start application shortcuts no longer function.

Java Launching Framework

Radar #12066308

Java command-line tool priority order should prioritize highest JDK version installed.

Description:

The Java command-line tool redirection binaries in /usr/bin should prioritize the highest JDK version installed on OS X v10.8 and v10.7. The tools now ignore any previously set preference from the Java Preferences application.

Workaround:

If you need to continue to access older JDK versions, the /usr/libexec/java_home tool takes a variety of filter options, and returns the path to the top matching Java command-line home.

Resolution:

This issue has been resolved.

Java Printing

Radar #12318379

javax.print APIs fail to return non-default media and sizes

Description:

The javax.print APIs regressed in “Java for OS X 2012-004” and “Java for OS X v10.6 Update 9” and failed to return more than one media size.

Resolution:

This issue has been resolved.

Java Security

Radar #11568740

Message digest computation could crash in low memory circumstances.

Description:

Computing a message digest could crash in cases where the Java GC heap has insufficient space to return the result, instead of throwing an out-of-memory exception.

Resolution:

This issue has been resolved.

Java Tools

Radar #12321120

No new applications should be created that require Apple’s Java SE 6.

Description:

No new applications should be created that require Apple’s Java SE 6. Java developers should use Java 7 or higher and the Java 7 JDK developer tools to build new applications.

Resolution:

This issue has been resolved. Jar Bundler, Java VisualVM, and Applet Launcher are removed after installing this update.