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I experience this problem a couple of times. Please look at the
following code segments:

  public class Main {
    static MyObject MY_OBJ;

    static public void main(String[] args) {
      MY_OBJ = new MyObject();
      MyFrame frame = new MyFrame();
      frame.setVisible(true);
    }
  }

  public class MyFrame extends Frame {
    //...
    void someMethod {
      Main.MY_OBJ.someMethod();  // Main.MY_OBJ becomes null here!
      //...
    }
  }

MyFrame.someMethod() is called to event a GUI event. I can't
understand why Main.MY_OBJ becomes null at that point. Moreover, this
is a random problem. Sometimes it works fine but sometimes doesn't.

Is it a bug in the Java runtime?

Or is it because that the main thread has ended and the Main *class*
object got garbage collected? (This is a weird thought...)

What complicates the problem more is if I use the debug feature in
JBuilder to step thru the code, Main.MY_OBJ always retains its value
and doesn't have a problem!

I'm using JBuilder 2.01 and jdk116_borland.
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John