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Thread: how to remove NullPointerException

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    Cool how to remove NullPointerException

    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    //import java.Color;
    public class Project_notepad 
    {
    	private Frame f;		//basic frame
    	public MenuBar mb;		//menubar declaration
    	private Menu File, Edit, Format,View, Findit;
    	private MenuItem new_file,new_window,open,save,save_as, close, cut, copy, paste, case_convert, indent,font,style,size,underline,italic,bold,finds, incremental_find,replace;
    	private CheckboxMenuItem status_bar,word_wrap,hide_menu_bar,full_screen;
    	public Project_notepad()
    	{
    		f=new Frame();
    		Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();			//Dimension class object for setting max screen size
          	f.setBounds(0,0,screenSize.width, screenSize.height);						
          	mb=new MenuBar();										//menu bar declaration
          	File=new Menu("File");
          	Edit=new Menu("Edit");
          	Format=new Menu("Format");
          	View=new Menu("View");
          	Findit=new Menu("Find");
     
          	new_file=new MenuItem("new file");						//menu items declaration
          	new_window=new MenuItem("new window");
          	open=new MenuItem("open");
          	save=new MenuItem("save");
          	save_as=new MenuItem("save as");
          	close=new MenuItem("close");
          	cut=new MenuItem("cut");
          	copy=new MenuItem("copy");
          	paste=new MenuItem("paste");
          	case_convert=new MenuItem("case convert");
          	indent=new MenuItem("indent");
          	font=new MenuItem("font");
          	style=new MenuItem("style");
          	size=new MenuItem("size");
          	underline=new MenuItem("underline");
          	italic=new MenuItem("italic");
          	bold=new MenuItem("bold");
          	incremental_find=new MenuItem("incremental_find");
          	replace=new MenuItem("replace");
     
          	status_bar=new CheckboxMenuItem("status bar");									//chechkbox items declaration
          	word_wrap=new CheckboxMenuItem("word wrap");
          	hide_menu_bar=new CheckboxMenuItem("hide menu bar");
          	full_screen=new CheckboxMenuItem("full screen");
     
     
          	File.add(new_file);												//adding items to menu bar
          	File.add(new_window);
          	File.add(open);
          	File.add(save);
          	File.add(save_as);
          	File.add(close);
          	Edit.add(copy);
    		Edit.add(paste);
    		Edit.add(case_convert);
    		Edit.add(indent);
    		Format.add(font);
    		Format.add(style);
    		Format.add(size);
    		Format.add(underline);
    		Format.add(italic);
    		Format.add(bold);
    		Findit.add(finds);
    		Findit.add(incremental_find);
    		Findit.add(replace);
    		View.add(status_bar);
    		View.add(word_wrap);
    		View.add(hide_menu_bar);
    		View.add(full_screen);
     
    		mb.add(File);
    		mb.add(Edit);
    		mb.add(Format);
    		mb.add(View);
    		mb.add(Findit);
     
    		f.setMenuBar(mb);
    		f.setVisible(true);
     
     
     
     
    	}
     
     
     
     
    	public static void main(String args[])
    	{
    		Project_notepad pr=new Project_notepad();
    	}
     
     
     
    }


    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    public class Project_notepad
    {
    private Frame f; //basic frame
    public MenuBar mb; //menubar declaration
    private Menu File, Edit, Format,View, Findit;
    private MenuItem new_file,new_window,open,save,save_as, close, cut, copy, paste, case_convert, indent,font,style,size,underline,italic,bold,finds , incremental_find,replace;
    private CheckboxMenuItem status_bar,word_wrap,hide_menu_bar,full_screen;
    public Project_notepad()
    {
    f=new Frame();
    Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize(); class object for setting max screen size
    f.setBounds(0,0,screenSize.width, screenSize.height);
    mb=new MenuBar(); //menu bar declaration
    File=new Menu("File");
    Edit=new Menu("Edit");
    Format=new Menu("Format");
    View=new Menu("View");
    Findit=new Menu("Find");

    new_file=new MenuItem("new file"); //menu items declaration
    new_window=new MenuItem("new window");
    open=new MenuItem("open");
    save=new MenuItem("save");
    save_as=new MenuItem("save as");
    close=new MenuItem("close");
    cut=new MenuItem("cut");
    copy=new MenuItem("copy");
    paste=new MenuItem("paste");
    case_convert=new MenuItem("case convert");
    indent=new MenuItem("indent");
    font=new MenuItem("font");
    style=new MenuItem("style");
    size=new MenuItem("size");
    underline=new MenuItem("underline");
    italic=new MenuItem("italic");
    bold=new MenuItem("bold");
    incremental_find=new MenuItem("incremental_find");
    replace=new MenuItem("replace");

    status_bar=new CheckboxMenuItem("status bar"); //chechkbox items declaration
    word_wrap=new CheckboxMenuItem("word wrap");
    hide_menu_bar=new CheckboxMenuItem("hide menu bar");
    full_screen=new CheckboxMenuItem("full screen");


    File.add(new_file); //adding items to menu bar
    File.add(new_window);
    File.add(open);
    File.add(save);
    File.add(save_as);
    File.add(close);
    Edit.add(copy);
    Edit.add(paste);
    Edit.add(case_convert);
    Edit.add(indent);
    Format.add(font);
    Format.add(style);
    Format.add(size);
    Format.add(underline);
    Format.add(italic);
    Format.add(bold);
    Findit.add(finds);
    Findit.add(incremental_find);
    Findit.add(replace);
    View.add(status_bar);
    View.add(word_wrap);
    View.add(hide_menu_bar);
    View.add(full_screen);

    mb.add(File);
    mb.add(Edit);
    mb.add(Format);
    mb.add(View);
    mb.add(Findit);

    f.setMenuBar(mb);
    f.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String args[])
    {
    Project_notepad pr=new Project_notepad();
    }
    }
    Actually,i am in the initial phase of developing a notepad for practice in java,but getting NullPointerException as

    at java.awt.Menu.add(Menu.java:262)
    at Project_notepad.<init><Project_notepad.java:65>
    at Project_notepad.main<Project_notepad.java:92>
    Here,project_notepad is the name of my file as well as my class. I have searched the reason of it as Attempting to invoke an instance method of a null object , Attempting to access or modify a particular field of a null object, Attempting to obtain the length of such null object as an array. But unable to link to any reason to error in my code.
    Require assistance. thanks in advance.


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    Default Re: how to remove NullPointerException

    NullPointerException as

    at java.awt.Menu.add(Menu.java:262)
    at Project_notepad.<init><Project_notepad.java:65>
    There is a variable with a null value on line 65. Look at line 65 in the your source and see what variable is null. Then backtrack in the code to see why that variable does not have a valid value.
    If you can not tell which variable it is, add a println just before line 65 and print out the values of all the variables on that line.

    Please edit your post and wrap your code with code tags:
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    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: how to remove NullPointerException

    Another reason you could be getting a null pointer that you did not list is "You are passing a null object into a function that is expecting a non null object." and this is what you are doing. Like Norm said, go look at line 65 and see what object is null and backtrack to see why it is null.
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    Default Re: how to remove NullPointerException

    i got the error..i have not declared finds,that's why null is used there.
    thanks everyone for their response.

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