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Your component needs to have its peer hooked up before you can get it to
create an image.  the addNotify method is called when the peer has been
setup
so you can override this method, being sure to still call
super.addNotify() and create any images that you will be needing.

Christoph Happich wrote:

>  Hi!
> I"m getting a NullPointer Exception just by adding this line to my
> component's constructor:
>     createImage(1,1).getGraphics();
> I think it's because the graphic context is not available in unvisible
> components. But, it should, because the context of the image has
> nothing to do with the component's context.
> I need that image for doube buffering. The buffer must be created
> BEFORE my component is drawn.
> Any ideas ?
> Christoph