spriteSheet wont load?

[chrisall76]

Ok,so i finally found out how to get a sprite sheet.But now,i get this error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: input == null!
	at javax.imageio.ImageIO.read(Unknown Source)
	at Src.SpriteSheet.BufferedImageLoader.loadImage(BufferedImageLoader.java:12)
	at Window.init(Window.java:34)
	at Window.<init>(Window.java:27)
	at Window.main(Window.java:57)

Window.java:

import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import java.awt.*;
import Src.SpriteSheet.*;

import Src.SpriteSheet.BufferedImageLoader;
import Src.SpriteSheet.SpriteSheet;

public class Window extends JFrame {
    
    BufferedImage sprite;
    private Image dbImage; // Double buffer image
    private Graphics dbg; // double buffer graphics
    
    public Window(){
        setSize(800, 600);
        setVisible(true);
        setResizable(false);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        init();
    }
    
    private void init(){
        BufferedImageLoader loader = new BufferedImageLoader();
        BufferedImage spriteSheet = null;
        try{
        	spriteSheet = loader.loadImage("C:\\Game\\spritesheet.png");
        } catch (IOException ex) {
        	Logger.getLogger(Window.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
        SpriteSheet ss = new SpriteSheet(spriteSheet);
        
        sprite = ss.grabSprite(0, 16, 16, 16);
    }
    
    @Override
    public void paint(Graphics g){
         dbImage = createImage(getWidth(), getHeight());
         dbg = dbImage.getGraphics();
         paintComponent(dbg);
         g.drawImage(dbImage, 0, 0, this);
    }
    public void paintComponent(Graphics graphics)
    {
    	
    }
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Window();
    }
}

SpriteSheet.java

package Src.SpriteSheet;

import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;

public class SpriteSheet {
    
    public BufferedImage spriteSheet;
    
    public SpriteSheet(BufferedImage ss){
        this.spriteSheet = ss;
    }
    
    public BufferedImage grabSprite(int x, int y, int width, int height){
        BufferedImage sprite = spriteSheet.getSubimage(x, y, width, height);
        return sprite;
    }
    
}

BufferedImageLoader.java

package Src.SpriteSheet;

import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;

public class BufferedImageLoader {
    
    public BufferedImage loadImage(String pathRelativeToThis) throws IOException {
        URL url = this.getClass().getResource(pathRelativeToThis);
        BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(url);
        return img;
    }
    
}

any help?

[Norm]

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: input == null!
at javax.imageio.ImageIO.read(Unknown Source)
at Src.SpriteSheet.BufferedImageLoader.loadImage(Buff eredImageLoader.java:12)

The error says that the input to a method is null. Go to line 12 in BufferedImageLoader and check that the value of the argument to the method called there is not null.

What is the value of the path you are passing the getResource? Is it on the classpath?

[chrisall76]

    public BufferedImage loadImage(String Path) throws IOException {
        URL randomStuff = this.getClass().getResource(Path);
        BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(randomStuff);
        return img;
    }

Error right there...Can't see whats wrong.

[Norm]

The error occurs at run time. What is the value of the path variable (lowercase first letter for variables)?
Is it a valid parameter for the getResource() method?
What is the value of randomStuff after the getResource() method is called?

.Can't see whats wrong.

Add some printlns to print out the value of the variables to see what is wrong.

[chrisall76]

Sprite Sheets - #1 - General Java Game Development Tutorials - YouTube
Heres the tutorial.I println but i get "null".

[Norm]

Can you copy and post what is printed on the console?
What variable is null?