FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.6.0_03"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.6.0_03-b05, mixed mode)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Linux 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
If a View (specifically, an HTMLView) is painted to a Graphics object with no 'clip' specified, a NullPointerException is thrown.

The stacktrace (below) show it is a problem in BoxView.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Create an HTMLView and then paint it (e.g. to a BufferedImage) with no clip bounds specified.


ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at javax.swing.text.BoxView.paint(BoxView.java:409)
        at javax.swing.text.html.BlockView.paint(BlockView.java:265)
        at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicHTML$Renderer.paint(BasicHTML.java:464)
        at ViewTest.<init>(ViewTest.java:24)
        at ViewTest.main(ViewTest.java:28)

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicHTML;
import javax.swing.text.View;

public class ViewTest extends JComponent {
    
    public ViewTest() {
        BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(100, 100, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
        Graphics2D g = image.createGraphics();
        
        Shape sh = new Rectangle(0, 0, 100, 100);
        View view = BasicHTML.createHTMLView(this, "<p>Text.</p>");
        
        g.setPaint(Color.BLACK);
        g.fill(sh);
        g.setPaint(Color.WHITE);
        // Works fine when this line is uncommented.
        //g.setClip(sh);
        view.paint(g, sh);
    }
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ViewTest test = new ViewTest();
    }
}

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CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Set the clip to be large enough for the view - e.g. the size of the component to be painted.