src/share/classes/sun/text/bidi/BidiBase.java

*** 3455,3501 ****
           * TextAttribute instances (or a fake Attribute type if
           * java.awt.font.TextAttribute is not present)
           */
          static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute RUN_DIRECTION =
              getTextAttribute("RUN_DIRECTION");
-         static final Boolean RUN_DIRECTION_LTR =
-             (Boolean)getStaticField(clazz, "RUN_DIRECTION_LTR");
          static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute NUMERIC_SHAPING =
              getTextAttribute("NUMERIC_SHAPING");
          static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute BIDI_EMBEDDING =
              getTextAttribute("BIDI_EMBEDDING");
  
          private static Class<?> getClass(String name) {
              try {
                  return Class.forName(name, true, null);
              } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                  return null;
              }
          }
  
          private static Object getStaticField(Class<?> clazz, String name) {
-             if (clazz == null) {
-                 // fake attribute
-                 return new AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute(name) { };
-             } else {
                  try {
                      Field f = clazz.getField(name);
                      return f.get(null);
!                 } catch (NoSuchFieldException x) {
                      throw new AssertionError(x);
-                 } catch (IllegalAccessException x) {
-                     throw new AssertionError(x);
                  }
              }
-         }
  
          private static AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute
              getTextAttribute(String name)
          {
              return (AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute)getStaticField(clazz, name);
          }
      }
  
      /**
       * A class that provides access to java.awt.font.NumericShaping without
       * creating a static dependency.
       */
--- 3455,3504 ----
           * TextAttribute instances (or a fake Attribute type if
           * java.awt.font.TextAttribute is not present)
           */
          static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute RUN_DIRECTION =
              getTextAttribute("RUN_DIRECTION");
          static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute NUMERIC_SHAPING =
              getTextAttribute("NUMERIC_SHAPING");
          static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute BIDI_EMBEDDING =
              getTextAttribute("BIDI_EMBEDDING");
  
+         /**
+          * TextAttribute.RUN_DIRECTION_LTR
+          */
+         static final Boolean RUN_DIRECTION_LTR = (clazz == null) ?
+             Boolean.FALSE : (Boolean)getStaticField(clazz, "RUN_DIRECTION_LTR");
+ 
+ 
          private static Class<?> getClass(String name) {
              try {
                  return Class.forName(name, true, null);
              } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                  return null;
              }
          }
  
          private static Object getStaticField(Class<?> clazz, String name) {
              try {
                  Field f = clazz.getField(name);
                  return f.get(null);
!             } catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException x) {
                  throw new AssertionError(x);
              }
          }
  
          private static AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute
              getTextAttribute(String name)
          {
+             if (clazz == null) {
+                 // fake attribute
+                 return new AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute(name) { };
+             } else {
                  return (AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute)getStaticField(clazz, name);
              }
          }
+     }
  
      /**
       * A class that provides access to java.awt.font.NumericShaping without
       * creating a static dependency.
       */