Splashscreen returns null

[Charlie161]

Hi

I'm trying to make a SplashScreen, I read there is a SplashScreen() class.

I made this:

package GUI;


import java.awt.*;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Created by IntelliJ IDEA.
 * Date: 3/03/11
 * Time: 13:54
 */

public class Splash {
    final SplashScreen scherm = SplashScreen.getSplashScreen();

    public Splash() {
           if(scherm == null){
               System.out.println("returns null");
           }


        try {
            scherm.setImageURL(this.getClass().getResource("splashscreen.png"));
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        scherm.update();
        scherm.isVisible();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Splash();
        new MenuUI("Game");
    }

}

Why is this returning null?

Thanks in advance

[KevinWorkman]

When/how are you setting the SplashScreen? It doesn't just work automatically. Consult the API.

[Charlie161]

What do you mean? I'm kinda new with Java