Apple Java which Browser to use ? Safari throwing NullPointerException with clean Applet code

[jackiespiegel]

Hi All,

I am programming for the first time on an Apple platform, and in fact
programming Java for the first time in a while, so forgive me if this
is newbie-ish.

Mac OS X v 10.4.10
Java/JRE /VM 1.50_07-87
Using IDE Creator v 2.1 (which is not the issue)
with the code below (which I think is clean - but to be honest this is
the first attempt at programming in a while, so there could be an
issue - builds clean. My Safari browser is throwing a
NullPointerException.

Q: Is my code incorrect ?
Q: Is it Safari ?
Q: Is it an interaction with Java JVM 1.05 ? Should I downgrade ?
Q: Which browser is optimal to use for Apple ?
Q: Opinions on whether Mac OSX 10.4 is decent for Applet programming.
There was a time when Mac was insufficient.

Thanks All,
Jacqueline
(e-mail address removed)

Code and Exception follows.
=============== Java Console
===============================================
basic: Referencing classloader: sun.plugin.ClassLoaderInfo@2d0483,
refcount=1
basic: Added progress listener: sun.plugin.util.GrayBoxPainter@c39410
basic: Loading applet ...
basic: Initializing applet ...
basic: Starting applet ...
java.lang.NullPointerException
at HelloWorld.<init>(HelloWorld.java:22)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native
Method)
at
sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:
39)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:
27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:494)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:350)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:303)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(AppletPanel.java:721)
at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(AppletViewer.java:1826)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(AppletPanel.java:650)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:324)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)

===================== Java Code =============================
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.JApplet;

//No need to extend JApplet, since we don't add any components;
//we just paint.
public class HelloWorldApplet extends JApplet {

StringBuffer buffer;

public void init() {
buffer = new StringBuffer();
System.out.println("initializing... ");
}

public void start() {
System.out.println("starting... ");
repaint();
}

public void stop() {
System.out.println("stopping... ");
}

public void destroy() {
System.out.println("preparing for unloading...");
}


public void paint(Graphics g) {
//Draw a Rectangle around the applet's display area.
g.drawRect(0, 0,
getWidth() - 1,
getHeight() - 1);

//Draw the current string inside the rectangle.
g.drawString("Hello World", 5, 15);
}
}

 

[Jolly Roger]

I am programming for the first time on an Apple platform

You may want to cross-post this in comp.sys.mac.programmer.help.

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[Daniel Dyer]

Hi All,

I am programming for the first time on an Apple platform, and in fact
programming Java for the first time in a while, so forgive me if this
is newbie-ish.

Mac OS X v 10.4.10
Java/JRE /VM 1.50_07-87
Using IDE Creator v 2.1 (which is not the issue)

with the code below (which I think is clean - but to be honest this is
the first attempt at programming in a while, so there could be an
issue - builds clean. My Safari browser is throwing a
NullPointerException.

Q: Is my code incorrect ?
Q: Is it Safari ?
Q: Is it an interaction with Java JVM 1.05 ? Should I downgrade ?
Q: Which browser is optimal to use for Apple ?
Q: Opinions on whether Mac OSX 10.4 is decent for Applet programming.
There was a time when Mac was insufficient.

Is that *really* the code that you are running? The exception was in a
class called HelloWorld, your class is called HelloWorldApplet. The
exception is in the constructor for HelloWorld, your class doesn't have an
explicit constructor.

The Mac is fine for Java development, the only real complaint is that the
JVM that Apple ships is not the most recent. It will be interesting to
see if Java 6 is present in OS X 10.5 when it is released.

Which browser you use shouldn't make any difference, they all use Apple's
Java plug-in.

Dan.

 

[jackiespiegel]

Thank you Daniel - exactly correct... New IDE. Apologies. Much
appreciated.