fp.bugs 3733 Appletviewer NullPointerExeption in getAppletContext from init

>From: Pria Graves <###@###.###>
This does not look like form output to me.


I have encountered something I believe to be a bug (or at least a
documentation problem). I am running Solaris 2.4 (redirected to a SunOS
machine), doing development with the JDK downloaded on January
25th. The problem occurs ONLY when running with the java interpreter.
I am not experiencing this problem when running with either Netscape
2.0 or the appletviewer.

The problem comes when I attempt to do a getImage to retrieve an
icon. It appears that the getImage method calls getAppletContext,
which returns a null pointer. Here's the messages:

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at java.applet.Applet.getAppletContext(Applet.java:83)
        at java.applet.Applet.getImage(Applet.java:120)
        at Demo.init(Demo.java:27)
        at Demo.main(Demo.java:14)

Here's the code. Is there something I'm missing? It makes no
difference whether the url is in file or http format...



// Applet : Demo
import java.awt.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.applet.*;
import java.net.*;

public class Demo extends Applet implements Runnable
{
    private Image img = null;
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
Frame frame = new Frame("Health Monitor Lite");
Demo demo = new Demo();
demo.init();
frame.add("Center", demo);
frame.show();
    }

    public void init()
    {
super.init();
URL url = null;
try {
url = new URL("file:/users/priag/java/gauge/images/2500.xbm");
}
catch(MalformedURLException e);
img = getImage(url);
    }

    public void run()
    {
System.out.println( " you are running");
    }
}


Thanks,

Pria