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"null" in Java drawImage()

I mean the drawImage() method is not working for me. People say to do like
g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);
But eclipse actually deny it. It said:
The method drawImage(Image, int, int, ImageObserver) in the type Graphics is not applicable for the arguments (Image, int, int, null)
This actually make my really confused, I have read some answers from others, which they always say to put it to null.
I tried to run it, and it give me this:
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problem:
The method drawImage(Image, int, int, ImageObserver) in the type Graphics is not applicable for the arguments (Image, int, int, null)
at me.danielshe.graphics.DrawComponent.paintComponent(DrawComponent.java:29)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintToOffscreen(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paintDoubleBuffered(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent._paintImmediately(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintImmediately(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$4.run(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.prePaintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.access$1200(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$ProcessingRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Can anyone help me, or is that a way to put something instead of "null"? I have tried to put "this" and even implementing the ImageObserver. But neither of them works.
Thanks.

You need an object that implements the ImageObserver interface. Normally
this is would be the component associated with the graphics object.

Using null as an ImageObserver it's not wrong. Is equivalent to this:
ImageObserver obs = null;
drawImage( img, x , y , obs );
Null can be used anywhere you would use a reference (Object). The problem arises when you need to use this reference/object, you will get a runtime exception as the object would be empty. In your example as long as your image is fully loaded when you call drawImage(), you won't have a problem, therefore you should only use null on drawImage() if you know for sure that your image is fully loaded. Now I haven't had this problem with the compiler, but I don't use eclipse, just a text editor and the command line. Try compiling with the command line or use the two lines of code from above on eclipse.
"this" will only work if the class where you are using drawImage implements the ImageObserver interface or if it extends a class that implements it, like a Jcomponent for example.

`NullPointerException` on swing AWT thread - cursor update on JLightweightFrame

I have a NullPointerException in my application, that happens only on one specific PC, and is reproducible. I wrote my GUI using Javafx with some Swing JPanels on it via SwingNode.
What should I do?
Exception-Time = 2016-08-30 06:55:50 UTC Exception-Tag = 0 Exception-Message = Thread AWT-EventQueue-0 (Id = 55) throw exception: null Stack-Trace = java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.swing.JLightweightFrame.updateClientCursor(Unknown Source)
at sun.swing.JLightweightFrame.access$000(Unknown Source)
at sun.swing.JLightweightFrame$1.updateCursor(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.windows.WLightweightFramePeer.updateCursorImmediately(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.updateCursorImmediately(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.validate(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

More about the problem:
Apparently, this is a bug at the JDK itself (versions 8 and 9) and probably won't get fixed until JDK10.
This exception is thrown from within the sun.swing.JLightweightFrame.java class, at the updateClientCursor function (lines 472-749):
private void updateClientCursor() {
Point p = MouseInfo.getPointerInfo().getLocation();
SwingUtilities.convertPointFromScreen(p, this);
Component target = SwingUtilities.getDeepestComponentAt(this, p.x, p.y);
if (target != null) {
content.setCursor(target.getCursor());
}
}
In general, this is happening because MouseInfo.getPointerInfo() can return NULL, for example, when you move between graphic devices. 'MouseInfo' can still hold the former graphic device information, then getPointerInfo() can return NULL if the mouse already moved to the new graphic device and MouseInfo still didn't updated to the new graphic device information. this scenario will cause a Null Pointer Exception on this line MouseInfo.getPointerInfo().getLocation() for trying to run a method of a NULL object.
For me, NPE is thrown when I move my JavaFX app window between monitors on my multiscreen machine. Its not happening every time but it is reproducible very easily.
I'm using a Swing component in a JavaFX SwingNode component.
This bug is already a known issue at Oracle bug list.
Code Fix:
This snippet shows an optional fix for this bug:
private void updateClientCursor() {
PointerInfo pointerInfo = MouseInfo.getPointerInfo();
if (pointerInfo == null) {
/*
* This can happen when JavaFX cannot decide
* which graphics device contains the current
* mouse position.
*/
return;
}
Point p = pointerInfo.getLocation();
SwingUtilities.convertPointFromScreen(p, this);
Component target = SwingUtilities.getDeepestComponentAt(this, p.x, p.y);
if (target != null) {
content.setCursor(target.getCursor());
}
}
Taken from JetBrains repository
Optional solution:
Since it is a bug withing the formal Oracle JDK, there is no much I can do about it. there are fixes applied in other non-formal JDKs like OpenJDK for example, which applied a fix, but I don't know which version will apply this fix yet.
For me, I would probably try to compile and use my own JDK with the applied fix and use it in my project, but this is a hard to maintain and not so flexible solution. If someone have another fix/workaround I would be happy to hear.

rt.jar / Key.Adapter.class

Googling a lot, I found nothing about the problem with this specific class (Key.Adapter.class), but there are a lot of topics about rt.jar of course, and I tried so many things to correct it, I tried to set the location of rt.jar and installed the plugin Java Source Attacher (didn't work). I reinstalled Eclipse as well, but the error still occurs:
What's strange about this is that I didn't make any change at anything related to the library (if I did, that was not intentional). I was just moving some things but nothing related to the libraries. The console returns NullPointerException at line 190:
name2.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {
#Override
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent arg0) {
int key = arg0.getKeyCode();
if (key == KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE) {
//Custom button text
Object[] options = {"Sim",
"Não"};
int choice = JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(frame1,
"Deseja sair do jogo?",
"Mensagem",
JOptionPane.YES_NO_CANCEL_OPTION,
JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE,
null,
options,
options[1]);
if (choice == 0) {
System.exit(0);
}
}
}
}
);
To make a new project will be that way as well. And the Window Designer / Run doesn't work as well.
Is there another possibility to make rt.jar useful again?
java.lang.NullPointerException
at view.Main.<init>(Main.java:191)
at view.Main$1.run(Main.java:49)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

Java applet throws error in remove object from Iterator array

Welcome, i am programming a simple RPG game in java applet. It is getting more and more complicated and many errors are thrown to my face. Today i have problem with .remove(); method.
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-1" java.util.ConcurrentModificationException
at java.util.ArrayList$Itr.checkForComodification(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ArrayList$Itr.remove(Unknown Source)
at rpg.main.paint(main.java:365)
at rpg.main.update(main.java:331)
at sun.awt.RepaintArea.updateComponent(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.RepaintArea.paint(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$200(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
That's how error log looks like. Code of program:
main.java
As we can see error appears in paint methid in the end of program, but i dont know maybe it is caused by wrong initiation in the beginning of program?
public void initLocatables()
public void initLocatables2()
And i have to admit that they are called in main while loop in run method.
These is place where error apears, and below in comment i have included previous method that has also thrown error, both in remove();
for (Iterator i = locatablesArray.listIterator(); i.hasNext();) {
Locatable l = (Locatable) i.next();
l.draw(g);
i.remove();
}
/*while(itrLocatables.hasNext())
{
Locatable l = itrLocatables.next();
l.draw(g);
l.remove();
}*/
Thank you for any reply.

Maybe when you call repaint() in run(), paint() is queued to EDT and called as soon as possible; while iterating locatablesArray a call to initLocatables2() in run() is done another time and the re-init of locatablesArray in the same time the code of paint() will produce the error.
My advice is to separate init operation in a specific init section and call it once, the run your main loop.
Just another thing: why are you init a Iterator (class field itrLocatables) in initLocatables2()? Use iterator when needed if possible.
Hope to be clear, English is not my native language.

You cannot remove objects from a list/map while you are iterating them. That's the cause of the ConcurrentModificationException
i.remove();
If you will draw all the Locatable elements, and then clear the collection, maybe you should draw them all first, and then clear the collection, instead of removing them on the fly.
for (Iterator i = locatablesArray.listIterator(); i.hasNext();) {
Locatable l = (Locatable) i.next();
l.draw(g);
}
// Clear everything from the list
locatablesArray.clear();

java.util.ConcurrentModificationException
Another approach is to use a for loop through the locatablesArray starting at the end vs the beginning. That way any elements that are removed won't change the location of elements of the array that are yet to be scanned.

Dynamically changing number of columns in a JTable

I have a JTable and a TableModel that extends AbstractTableModel. I would like to dynamically set the number of columns in the table. I implemented this by adding an attribute to my TableModel named, column_count, and having getColumnCount return the column_count. I also added a method, setColumnCount, that sets column_count and calls fireTableStructureChanged. Unfortunately, when I ran the program, I kept getting ArrayIndexOutOfBounds exceptions. Can anyone tell me what I did wrong, or suggest a better solution?
Here's a stack trace:
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 4 >= 4
at java.util.Vector.elementAt(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.table.DefaultTableColumnModel.getColumn(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI.paintGrid(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.ComponentUI.update(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintComponent(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintToOffscreen(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paintDoubleBuffered(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent._paintImmediately(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintImmediately(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.seqPaintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.SystemEventQueueUtilities$ComponentWorkRequest.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

I think the exception is caused as follows:
You set internal column_count to +1
You cause events to be fired which will cause the table to be updated visually
When the JTable update code accesses the last column the internal Vector in the column model throws the exception.
The reason is probably because the underlying code of DefaultTableColumnModel does not know about the new column, and its Vector has not properly been altered.
To fix this you should probably write your own custom TableColumnModel which can deal with changing dimensions properly.

Where does your getValueAt() method takes data? If it is an ArrayList and you increase column size, than the table will try to fetch that column from the list and throw an exception.
If that is not the problem, either use DefaultTableModel and DefaultTableModel.addColumn() to add columns, or make sure that you make any changes to the table model from the Event Dispatch Thread.

Calling to method setModel(tm) of JTable with tm the changed TableModel
solved a similar error in my case.