FULL PRODUCT VERSION : java version "1.6.0_22" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_22-b04) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 17.1-b03, mixed mode, sharing) ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION : Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM : When I re-load the applet, the JEditorPane throws a NullPointerException. STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM : run applet in IE or AppletViewer, and reload. EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR : EXPECTED - JEditorPane do not throw a NullPointerException ACTUAL - JEditorPane throws a NullPointerException. ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR : java.lang.NullPointerException at javax.swing.text.html.parser.Parser.errorContext(Parser.java:736) at javax.swing.text.html.parser.Parser.parse(Parser.java:2240) at javax.swing.text.html.parser.DocumentParser.parse(DocumentParser.java:105) at javax.swing.text.html.parser.ParserDelegator.parse(ParserDelegator.java:78) at javax.swing.text.html.HTMLEditorKit.read(HTMLEditorKit.java:232) at javax.swing.JEditorPane.setText(JEditorPane.java:1499) at javax.swing.JEditorPane.<init>(JEditorPane.java:273) at sample.SampleApplet.start(SampleApplet.java:22) at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:464) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) REPRODUCIBILITY : This bug can be reproduced always. ---------- BEGIN SOURCE ---------- ------------------------- Java source ------------------------- package sample; import javax.swing.JApplet; import javax.swing.JEditorPane; import javax.swing.text.html.parser.ParserDelegator; /** * <applet code="sample.SampleApplet.class" width="150" height="150"></applet> */ public class SampleApplet extends JApplet { { System.out.println("initialize"); } public void start() { System.out.println("start"); String html = "<html><body>test</body></html>"; JEditorPane.registerEditorKitForContentType("text/html", "javax.swing.text.html.HTMLEditorKit"); try { JEditorPane htmlPane = new JEditorPane("text/html", html); } catch(RuntimeException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } ------------------------- HTML for IE ------------------------- <html><body> <object classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93" width="150" height="150"> <param name="code" value="sample.SampleApplet.class"> </object> </body></html> ------------------------- HTML for AppletViewer ------------------------- <applet code="sample.SampleApplet.class" width="150" height="150"> </applet> ---------- END SOURCE ----------