ClasspathFontPeer allows null transform

[graydon hoare]

Scott Gilbertson wrote:

> I'm working on classpathifying the xlib peers so they'll work with the
> latest code in cvs.  It's apparently working, but only because of a hack.

great!

> ClasspathFontPeer doesn't put anything in its "transform" field when you
> construct it with name,style,size.  I therefore get a null pointer exception
> in java.awt.Font.equals, which doesn't check for a null transform in either
> or both fonts being compared.

oops, sorry.

> I guess the possible "proper" approaches are:
>  1. make java.awt.Font.equals tolerant of a null transform in either or both
> fonts
>  2. make java.awt.Font.getTransform so it returns an identity transform if
> the peer returns null
>  3. change ClasspathFontPeer so it puts an identity transform in
> "transform", rather than null
> 
> Got a preference?

personally? nothing aside from "whatever is most like what sun does". 
that's my tie-break rule for everything :)

-graydon