from Chapter 9 in 'Introduction to Programming with Greenfoot SE : loop-practice
The program throws a NullPointerException the first time I start the program.
Any ideas?


import greenfoot.*; /** * A board to scribble on. * * @author Michael Kölling * @version 1.0 */ public class ChalkBoard extends World { // Where to write the next text: private int x; private int y; /** * Create a new chalk board. */ public ChalkBoard() { super(800, 600, 1); clear(); practice(); } /** * This is the method for you to practice. Add your code here. */ public void practice() { write(7); // an example of writing a number // Replace this with your own code } /** * Write a number onto the board. */ public void write(int number) { write(String.valueOf(number)); } /** * Write a character onto the board. */ public void write(char character) { write(String.valueOf(character)); } /** * Write some text onto the board. */ public void write(String text) { addObject(new Text(text), x, y); x += 120; if (x > getWidth()-100) { x = 100; y += 80; } } /** * Wipe the board. */ public void clear() { removeObjects(getObjects(Text.class)); x = 100; y = 100; } }
import greenfoot.*; /** * An object showing some text. * * @author Michael Kölling * @version 1.0 */ public class Text extends Actor { public Text(String text) { GreenfootImage img = new GreenfootImage(text, 64, Color.WHITE, null); setImage(img); } }
/** * An object showing some text. * * @author Michael Kölling * @version 1.0 */ public class Text extends Actor { public Text(String text) { GreenfootImage img = new GreenfootImage(text, 64, Color.WHITE, Color.BLACK); //changed last parameter from null to Color.BLACK setImage(img); } }