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Re: Image in JApplet

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From: Tor Iver Wilhelmsen
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 00:00
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Amy S Lee <al587439@engr.colostate.edu> writes:

> Image i = getImage(getDocumentBase(),"image.jpg")
> 
> I keep getting a Null Pointer Exception.

Applet.getImage() only starts a thread that starts to load the image:
To wait for it to load, use a MediaTracker or override the
imageUpdate() method.

For simplicity, just have a check:

  if (i != null)
    g.drawImage(...);

(IIRC, the default behaviour of imageUpdate() is to repaint when the
image has been loaded. But don't <Q> me on that. :-) )
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