maze game error something about unkown source?

[monkeyjr97]

Hey im following a tutorial to get an idea on games in java and when i paint my map to the jframe it loops through the printing but prints this error message. im thinking the images are not initialized? but im sure they are

error message it repeats this till i close the JFrame

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)
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
	at maze.Map.getMap(Map.java:50)
	at maze.Board.paintComponent(Board.java:43)
	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.prePaintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.RepaintManager.access$700(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.RepaintManager$ProcessingRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$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.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)

package maze;

import javax.swing.*;

public class Maze {
	
	public static void main (String[] args) {
		new Maze();
		
	}
	
	public Maze() {
		JFrame f= new JFrame();
		f.setTitle("1st Maze game by CJE ver 1.0.0"); //sets frame title
		f.add(new Board()); //adds a game Board()
		f.setSize(1000, 800);
		f.setLocationRelativeTo(null); //sets location, relative refers to a component, but choose null, so it centers
		f.setVisible(true);
		f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); //closes jframe on exit and terminates jre
		
		
	}

}

package maze;

import java.awt.*; //graphics etc
import java.awt.event.*; //action listeners etc
import javax.swing.*;

public class Board extends JPanel implements ActionListener{

	private Timer timer; //used to time events
	private Map map;

	public Board() {

		map = new Map();

		timer = new Timer(25, this); //25ms between actions every 25ms it will run action performed
		timer.start();
	}


	/*
	 * collections actions performed 
	 * 
	 */

	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){ // gets the actions performed
		repaint();

	}


	/*
	 * Graphics imported from awt.*; allows us to use super methods
	 * Paint methods, allows us to draw stuff to JFrame
	 * 
	 */

	public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
		super.paintComponent(g); //uses imported super class of Graphics

		for(int y = 0;y < 14; y ++){ //do rows first y = a row
			for(int x = 0; x < 14; x++){ // do tiles in row or x's
				if(map.getMap(x , y).equals("w")){
					//will draw a water tile *32 because tile is 32x32
					g.drawImage(map.getWater(), x * 32, y * 32, null); //null observer
				}

				if(map.getMap(x , y).equals("b")){
					//will draw a buoy *32 because tile is 32*32
					g.drawImage(map.getBuoy(), x * 32, y * 32, null); //null observer
				}
			}

		}
	}
}

package maze;

import java.util.*;
import java.awt.Image; //for images
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*; // for imageIcon and icon stuff

public class Map {

	private Scanner scan;
	private String Map[] = new String [16]; //16 refers to amount fo tiles going down, 16 tiles here


	private Image water,
	buoy;

	public Map() {

		//setting images

		ImageIcon img = new ImageIcon("/maze game/src/maze/maps/images/water.png");
		water = img.getImage();
		img = new ImageIcon("/maze game/src/maze/maps/images/buoy.png");
		buoy = img.getImage();

		//end of setting images

		loadMap(); //opens file

	}

	// gets for returning the image for board method calls
	public Image getWater() {
		return water;
	}

	public Image getBuoy() {
		return buoy;
	}

	//end gets

	/*
	 * looks at map for x and y cords, 
	 * substring = is x position on y "row" 
	 * 
	 */

	public String getMap(int x, int y){
		String index = Map[y].substring(x ,x + 1); //if y = 2, looks in 2 row of map
		return index;
	}

	public void loadMap() {
		try {
			scan = new Scanner(new File("/maze game/src/maze/maps/map.txt"));
			while(scan.hasNext()){ //whilst map has a next element
				for(int i= 0; i <14; i++){ //
					Map[i] = scan.next(); //loads the found next element into the array i starts at 0, then 1 etc 
				}
			}
			scan.close(); //SIMPLY CLOSES SCANNER
		}
		catch(IOException e){
			System.err.print("error loading map");

		}
	}
}

[KevinWorkman]

Something is null. You're going to have to step through this with a debugger, or at least add some print statements, to figure out exactly what that is. What's going on in the line that throws the exception? What are you dereferencing? Where is it initialized? Something is null in that line.

[monkeyjr97]

Something is null. You're going to have to step through this with a debugger, or at least add some print statements, to figure out exactly what that is. What's going on in the line that throws the exception? What are you dereferencing? Where is it initialized? Something is null in that line.

i was thinking of doing that, what is more likely to be null, one of the graphic elements? since they get " painted" into the Component?

line that throws the exception is

public String getMap(intx, int y) {
String index =Map[y].substring(x, x+1);
return index;
}

[KevinWorkman]

What index of Map (which should be map, by the way) are you trying to access when the error is thrown? What is stored at that index?

[monkeyjr97]

What index of Map (which should be map, by the way) are you trying to access when the error is thrown? What is stored at that index?

i seem to have got rid of the errors, but nothing is painted to the Jframe. potentially thinking it does not actually read the file correctly ill further de bug this now

[monkeyjr97]

this works fine

public void loadMap() {
        try {
            scan = new Scanner(new File("/maze game/src/maze/maps/map.txt"));
            while(scan.hasNext()){ //whilst map has a next element
                for(int i= 0; i <14; i++){ //
                    Map[i] = scan.next(); //loads the found next element into the array i starts at 0, then 1 etc
                }
            }

but i dont think

public String getMap(int x, int y) {      INT X AND Y ARE BOTH 0 IN THE DE BUGGER :/ THIS IS THE ISSUE

String index =Map[y].substring(x, x+1);
return index;

OR

public void paint(Graphics g) {
		super.paintComponent(g); //uses imported super class of Graphics

		for(int y = 0;y < 14; y ++){ //do rows first y = a row
			for(int x = 0; x < 14; x++){ // do tiles in row or x's
				if(map.getMap(x , y).equals("w")){
					//will draw a water tile *32 because tile is 32x32
					g.drawImage(map.getWater(), x * 32, y * 32, null); //null observer
				}

				if(map.getMap(x , y).equals("b")){
					//will draw a buoy *32 because tile is 32*32
					g.drawImage(map.getBuoy(), x * 32, y * 32, null); //null observer
				}
			}

		}
	}

are working hmmmm...

[monkeyjr97]

everything seems to read and count okay, but when it reads a "w" nothing is painted, and when it reads a "b" nothing is painted.