EVALUATION

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SUGGESTED FIX

Replace SwingUtilities with EventQueue:

------- AppletPanel.java -------
*** /tmp/sccs.ehY6TV    Thu Nov 22 20:11:41 2007
--- AppletPanel.java    Thu Nov 22 16:24:44 2007
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*** 45,51 ****
  import java.util.Collections;
  import java.util.Locale;
  import java.util.WeakHashMap;
- import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
  import sun.awt.AppContext;
  import sun.awt.EmbeddedFrame;
  import sun.awt.SunToolkit;
--- 45,50 ----
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*** 451,457 ****
                        try {
                            final AppletPanel p = this;

!                           SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
                                    public void run() {
                                        p.validate();
                                    }
--- 450,456 ----
                        try {
                            final AppletPanel p = this;

!                           EventQueue.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
                                    public void run() {
                                        p.validate();
                                    }
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*** 481,487 ****
                            final AppletPanel p = this;
                            final Applet a = applet;

!                           SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
                                    public void run() {
                                        p.validate();
                                        a.setVisible(true);
--- 480,486 ----
                            final AppletPanel p = this;
                            final Applet a = applet;

!                           EventQueue.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
                                    public void run() {
                                        p.validate();
                                        a.setVisible(true);
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*** 515,521 ****
                    try {
                        final Applet a = applet;

!                       SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
                                public void run()
                                {
                                    a.setVisible(false);
--- 514,520 ----
                    try {
                        final Applet a = applet;

!                       EventQueue.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
                                public void run()
                                {
                                    a.setVisible(false);