The following code crashes on Vista when L&F is set to
com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel

TableColumn column = jTable1.getColumnModel().getColumn(0);
JTableHeader header = jTable1.getTableHeader();
TableCellRenderer renderer = header.getDefaultRenderer();
Component comp = renderer.getTableCellRendererComponent(null, column.getHeaderValue(), false, false, 0, 0);

The following exception is thrown:

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at sun.swing.table.DefaultTableCellHeaderRenderer.getColumnSortOrder(DefaultTableCellHeaderRenderer.java:113)
        at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsTableHeaderUI$XPDefaultRenderer.getTableCellRendererComponent(WindowsTableHeaderUI.java:108)
        at tableuicrash.TableUICrashView.<init>(TableUICrashView.java:31)
        at tableuicrash.TableUICrashApp.startup(TableUICrashApp.java:35)
...


This issue does not happen with other built-in L&Fs. For example, Metal and Nimbus work. From what I see in source code for the method in questions the issue is specific to "WindowsLookAndFeel.isOnVista()".

java version "1.6.0_10"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_10-b33)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 11.0-b15, mixed mode, sharing)

Please, see full sample in attachments.