Stock Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs, Capitalized Amount	$ 114
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Net of Forfeitures	46	41
Employee Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares authorized for issuance under stock incentive plan	1,800
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Additional Shares Authorized	400
Shares available for future grant	440
Purchase price as a percentage of the lesser of the market value of such shares at either the beginning or the end of each nine-month offering period	85.00%
Percentage of employee compensation that may be uses to purchase common stock through payroll deductions, maximum	10.00%
2005 Stock Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares authorized for issuance under stock incentive plan	15,252
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Additional Shares Authorized	2
Exercise price of stock option, percentage	100.00%
Shares available for future grant	2,888
2005 Stock Incentive Plan \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Term of stock option	7 years
Executive Officer [Member] \| 2005 Stock Incentive Plan \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Vice President [Member] \| 2005 Stock Incentive Plan \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	4 years

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Discount rate from fair value on offering date that participants pay for shares.

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Number of additional shares authorized for issuance under an established share-based compensation plan.

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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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Net number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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