JComboBox raises a runtime error

Question

I am trying to create some GUI in Java, and when I added the following code, during class initialization, I received a runtime error:

public class Search_Album_Main_Tab extends JPanel{
    JComboBox   search_list;
    JTextArea   searched_data;
    JButton     search_button;
    Results_Main_Tab rmt;
    Search_Action_Listener listener;

    public Search_Album_Main_Tab(Results_Main_Tab results_main_tab)
    {
        String[] search_options = {"Album", "Artist", "Genre", "ID", "Year"};
        setLayout(new GridLayout(3,1));
        rmt = results_main_tab;
        listener = new Search_Action_Listener();

        /*  Searched data   */
        searched_data = new JTextArea();

        /*  Search button   */
        search_button = new JButton("Search Album");
        search_button.addActionListener(listener);

        /*  Drop down menu  */
        search_list = new JComboBox(search_options);

        add(search_list);
        add(searched_data);
        add(search_button);     
    }

    private class Search_Action_Listener implements ActionListener
    {

        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) 
        {
            if (event.getSource() == search_button)
            {

            }

        }

    }

}

The error I get is:

dcm_gui.GUI at localhost:53806  
    Thread [main] (Suspended (exception NullPointerException))  
        CUIAquaComboBox.applySizeFor(JComponent, CoreUIConstants$Size) line: 454    
        CUIAquaUtilControlSize.applyUISizing(JComponent, CoreUIConstants$Size) line: 99 
        CUIAquaUtilControlSize.access$200(JComponent, CoreUIConstants$Size) line: 13    
        CUIAquaUtilControlSize$PropertySizeListener.applyComponentSize(JComponent, Object) line: 121    
        CUIAquaUtilControlSize.addSizePropertyListener(JComponent) line: 25 
        CUIAquaComboBox.installListeners() line: 47 
        CUIAquaComboBox(BasicComboBoxUI).installUI(JComponent) line: 229    
        CUIAquaComboBox.installUI(JComponent) line: 30  
        JComboBox(JComponent).setUI(ComponentUI) line: 653  
        JComboBox.setUI(ComboBoxUI) line: 238   
        JComboBox.updateUI() line: 247  
        JComboBox.init() line: 212  
        JComboBox.<init>(Object[]) line: 178    
        Search_Album_Main_Tab.<init>(Results_Main_Tab) line: 36 
        GUI.main(String[]) line: 28 
    Daemon Thread [AWT-AppKit] (Running)    
/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5.0/Home/bin/java (Oct 10, 2010 11:55:27 PM) 

Does anyone know why?

Binyamin

Answer 1

This seems like a problem with your normal appearance. I used to encounter a similar problem when using custom views and feelings. This is described here:

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4711700

This was for a JFileChooser widget, not a combo box, but it could be related.

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Answer 2

, . CUIAquaComboBox .

, (LAF) , System.out.println(UIManager.getLookAndFeel());, .

, , :

UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());

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