About java.security and AWT patches

[Bryce McKinlay]

Tom Tromey wrote:

> I'm not too concerned about being able to compile more code.  But
> that's because I'm guessing that code that references, say,
> java.awt.FileDialog will then actually want to use it.

Not always: often I come across libraries etc in .jar files which have
classes that refer to AWT classes, even though their actual use is
optional (for example, its common for command line programs written in
java to have an -optional- GUI mode).

regards

  [ bryce ]