Applet causes GDI Leak using 1.5.0_06 only

Question

Hi,
Since the release of 1.5.0_06 our applet has developed a GDI Object leak. Basically, our applet draws on a panel when ever an update is available. The previous versions of the JVM seem fine and th e GDI Objects are stable, but this new version eats the GDIs up really quickly, and never releases them.
The problem occurs when the applet repaints itself. Calling repaint() or paint() from code works ok with no leaks but as soon as the applet is forced to repaint because of a resize, or because another window has moved over it the GDIs go up by multiples of 10.
Here is some sample code:
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
import java.util.Date;
public class GDIApplet extends Applet {
    //Construct the applet
    public GDIApplet() {
    //Initialize the applet
    public void init() {
        try {
            jbInit();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
    //Component initialization
     private void jbInit() throws Exception {
         this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
         this.add(new GDIPanel(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
     public class GDIPanel extends Panel implements Runnable{
    public GDIPanel() {
        Thread t = new Thread(this,"SPGPaintTimer");
        t.start();
    public void paint(Graphics g){
        if( g == null){
            return;
        System.out.println("Paint on thread: " + Thread.currentThread().getName());
        Date d = new Date();
        Rectangle bounds = getBounds();
        g.setColor(Color.black);
        g.fillRect(0,0, bounds.width, bounds.height);
        FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics();
        String val = d.toString();
        int width = fm.stringWidth(val);
        int height = fm.getHeight();
        int x = (bounds.width - width) /2;
        int y = (bounds.height/2) - height;
        g.setColor(Color.yellow);
        g.drawString(val,x,y);
    public void run(){
        while(true){
            try {
                Thread.sleep(1000);
            } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
            repaint();
}

Answer 1

could you please file a bug-repor at bugs.sun.com - this would ensure that java-developers are looking into this issue.
lg Clemens