Java: NullPointerException from class.getResource( … )

Question

I was writing a small application and when I tried to create an ImageIcon I always got an exception. The exception was caused by this line of code:

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Answer 1

I believe the NPE is being thrown from the ImageIcon constructor as getResource is returning null.

Try the following:

getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("/icons/icon_prayer.png")

Or:

ClassLoader.getSystemResource("/icons/icon_prayer.png")