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Thread: images, layers, labels and panels.. something's wrong somewhere, please help!

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    Default images, layers, labels and panels.. something's wrong somewhere, please help!

    I made a class called imgObj, so that I could add custom attributes to an Image, such as name, position and layer (front, back, ect.)

    Before further explaination, I'll just post the code:

    public class Window extends JFrame {
     
    	private ArrayList<imgObj> allImages;
    	private JLabel[] labels;
    	private JPanel[] panels;	//<-- contains the labels.
    	private JLayeredPane aLPane = new JLayeredPane() ; //<-- contains the panel.
     
    	public Window(){
    		super("title");
    		setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    		add(aLPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    		aLPane.setBounds(0,0,800,600);
     
    		LoadImages();
    		labels = new JLabel[allImages.size()];
    		panels = new JPanel[allImages.size()];
     
    		//loop through allImages, and give all images a label, and adds the label to the window.
    		int counter = 0;
    		for(imgObj i : allImages){
    				labels[counter] = new JLabel(i.getImg());
    				labels[counter].setOpaque(true);
    				labels[counter].setBackground(Color.BLUE);
    				labels[counter].setBounds(i.getPosx(), i.getPosy(), i.getImg().getIconWidth(),i.getImg().getIconHeight());
    				panels[counter].add(labels[counter]);
    				panels[counter].setOpaque(true);
    				panels[counter].setBounds(0, 0, 800, 600);
    				panels[counter].setBackground(Color.BLACK);
    				System.out.printf("%s was added to window, as pos (%d ; %d)\n", i.getName(), i.getPosx(), i.getPosy());
    				counter++;
    				aLPane.add(panels[counter], new Integer(i.getLayer()), 0);
    		}
     
    	}
    }


    My problem is: when I run the code, I get a NullPointerException at the "panels[counter].add(labels[counter]);".
    When looking at the variables in the debug-window (i am using Eclipse), I can see that both my imgObj icons are loaded correctly, and it seems that nothing is wrong the first time the enhanced for-loop is running (yet the console does not print " ... was added to window at pos..."), but the second time, the i.getImg() in "labels[counter] = new JLabel(i.getImg());" is null.

    Any help will (of course) be appriciated, and I will gladly elaporate anything which I have (tried to) explained in this first post..


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    Default Re: images, layers, labels and panels.. something's wrong somewhere, please help!

    When you debug, look at the value of panel[counter]....an array of JPanel's is created, but the members of that array must each be instantiated.

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    Default Re: images, layers, labels and panels.. something's wrong somewhere, please help!

    Yep, that was it, #2!
    Thank you!

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