NullPointerException in invokeLater while running through Java Webstart

Question

After upgraded from JRE 1.7.0_21 to 1.7.0_25-b15 my application started to throw NullPointerException in SwingUtilities.invokeLater(...) when it is run from Java WebStart. S

Answer 1

Java 7u65 which came out yesterday (2014-07-15) claims to have fixed this or a very similar issue, in JDK-8019724. I'm testing right now to find out - a driver from one of our vendors doesn't function under Java Web Start, and it has been keeping us on Java 6.

ETA: Yes, it looks like this resolves our problems!