Breakout game : trying to change paddle width uploading different image , but failed

[linux_devil]

this is piece of my code in paddle class :

 
      
      public Paddle(){
          this(0);
      }

and this is where collision of special ball is detected on paddle and overloaded constructor is called , depending on ctr1/2 paddle is scaled along its width by calling overloaded constructor and loading a new image file

if(ctr1){
         if(ball1.getRect().intersects(paddle.getRect())){
            paddle = new Paddle(1);
          }
        }
          if(ctr2){
         if(ball2.getRect().intersects(paddle.getRect())){
            paddle = new Paddle(2);
          }
          }

There is no compile time error but run time error the moment constructor is called and game freezes . Please help
Thanks in advance for your time

[Fubarable]

Questions:

• When you say you have a run-time error, are you causing an exception to be thrown?
• And if so, can you post the Exception stacktrace?
• Do you have any println debug statements to see what is happening when the game freezes?
• What are you using for your game loop? A Swing Timer perhaps?
• Is this a Swing GUI? AWT? Something else?
• Will the ball intersect immediately with the new Paddle object? If so, will this keep happening ad infinitum?