I have created a jar file having a sample application, couple of images and a manifest file. Manifest file contains the splash screen option and path to the corresponding image to be used. When I launch the application using 'java -jar <jar file>' option, I don't see any splash screen and I get a null value when calling SplashScreen.getSplashScreen(). This is a basic feature and hence should work fine.

This is reproducible on all platforms with the given PIT build. I tested with WinXP and SolSparc10-JDS.
java version "1.6.0-awt.pit-int-awt-blade"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.6.0-awt.pit-int-awt-blade-dm97671_20_May_2005_10_19-b00)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.6.0-ea-b37, mixed mode)

I have attached a jar file. Execute it as follows:
java -jar Splash.jar
If you don't see the splash screen and if you see a NPE on the console, the bug is reproduced.
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