Does the EDT restart or not when an exception is thrown?

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Answer 1

For reference, "The particular behavior of this machinery is implementation-dependent." For example, the thread ID remains unchanged on my platform. The net effect, discussed in AWT Threading Issues, is that "the JVM will not exit while there is at least one displayable component."