Name: skT45625 Date: 07/31/2000


java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)


Calling new ImageIcon(null,"test") one gets a

Uncaught error fetching image: java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.awt.image.URLImageSource.getConnection
(URLImageSource.java:102)
at sun.awt.image.URLImageSource.getDecoder
(URLImageSource.java:111)
at sun.awt.image.InputStreamImageSource.doFetch
(InputStreamImageSource.java:251)
at sun.awt.image.ImageFetcher.fetchloop(ImageFetcher.java:217)
at sun.awt.image.ImageFetcher.run(ImageFetcher.java:185)

it's a RuntimeException and is thrown by the image fetcher thread (or something
like that), cause a try/catch arround the 'new ImageIcon(null,"test")' command
won't help to catch it, it will terminate the running Java application
(Review ID: 107832)
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Name: jl125535 Date: 09/02/2003


Calling JFrame.setIconImage(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(null)); also produces the exception.
(Review ID: 186231)
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