Java.lang.NullPointerException in Java Swing code

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Can anyone tell me why the following code is throwing a null pointer exception? The exception is thrown at the line
numberJTextField.addMouseListener(new MyMouseAdapter(numberJTextField));
in the class InputJFrame1.java.

import java.awt.*;

public class InputJFrame1 extends javax.swing.JFrame
{
    private javax.swing.JTextField numberJTextField;

    public InputJFrame1()
    {     
         numberJTextField.addMouseListener(new MyMouseAdapter(numberJTextField));
    }

    private void initComponents() 
    {
        numberJTextField = new javax.swing.JTextField();

        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        getContentPane().add(numberJTextField);
    }

    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        try {
            for (javax.swing.UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info : javax.swing.UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
                if ("Nimbus".equals(info.getName())) {
                    javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());
                    break;
                }
            }
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
        java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(InputJFrame1.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (InstantiationException ex) {
        java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(InputJFrame1.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
        java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(InputJFrame1.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
        java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(InputJFrame1.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }

        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable()
                                    {
                                        @Override
                                        public void run()
                                        {
                                            new InputJFrame1().setVisible(true);
                                        }
                                    });
    }
}



import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import javax.swing.JTextField;

public class MyMouseAdapter extends MouseAdapter
{
    private JTextField jTextField;

    MyMouseAdapter(JTextField jTextField)
    {
        this.jTextField=jTextField;
    }

    @Override
    public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
    {
          jTextField.setForeground(Color.red);
    }
}

Stacktrace:

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
at javaapplication8.InputJFrame1.(InputJFrame1.java:9) at
javaapplication8.InputJFrame1$1.run(InputJFrame1.java:73) at
java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:251) at
java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:727) at
java.awt.EventQueue.access$200(EventQueue.java:103) at
java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:688) at
java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:686) at
java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at
java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:697) at
java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:242)
at
java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
at
java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:150)
at
java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:146)
at
java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:138)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:91)

Best Answer

Don't remove the initComponents from the constructor. It makes sure that all components are properly initialized before using them, so it should be the first line of your constructor.

public InputJFrame1()
{     
     initComponents();
     numberJTextField.addMouseListener(new MyMouseAdapter(numberJTextField));
}

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