FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
Hotspot client 1.6.0-rc-b99 mixed mode, sharing.

FULL OS VERSION :
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002  Service Pack 2

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
  Toshiba Pentium M laptop (1.7GHz, 496Mb RAM)

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
I am experimenting with the new splash screen options and was trying to manipulate BufferedImage objects when the system crashed. What I am doing very likely contains mistakes as I am manipulating classes I don't know well.

THE PROBLEM WAS REPRODUCIBLE WITH -Xint FLAG: Yes

THE PROBLEM WAS REPRODUCIBLE WITH -server FLAG: Did not try

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Just run the program.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
Would like a window to display

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Attached seperatly

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.image.RescaleOp;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JWindow;

public class BugSplashScreen {

    private JWindow oldFashionedSplashScreen;
    private BufferedImage splashScreenImage;
    private BufferedImage overlay;
   
    BugSplashScreen(String fileName) {
        try {
            File file = new File(fileName);
            if (!file.exists()) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("File doesn't exist: "+file.getAbsolutePath());
            }
            this.splashScreenImage = getSplashScreenImage(file);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new Error("Problem with the splash screen image",e);
        }
        int height = this.splashScreenImage.getHeight();
        int width = this.splashScreenImage.getWidth();
        this.oldFashionedSplashScreen = new JWindow();
        this.oldFashionedSplashScreen.setSize(width, height);
        this.oldFashionedSplashScreen.add(new SplashPanel(this.splashScreenImage));
        this.oldFashionedSplashScreen.setVisible(true);
    }
   
    private BufferedImage getSplashScreenImage(File file) throws IOException {
        return ImageIO.read(file);
    }
   
    /**
     * Creates a graphics context (as a {@link Graphics2D} object) for the splash
     * screen overlay image, which allows you to draw over the splash screen.
     * Note that you do not draw on the main image but on the image that is
     * displayed over the main image using alpha blending. Also note that drawing
     * on the overlay image does not necessarily update the contents of splash
     * screen window. You should call {@code update()} on the
     * <code>SplashScreen</code> when you want the splash screen to be
     * updated immediately.
     *
     * @return graphics context for the splash screen overlay surface
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the splash screen has already been closed
     */
    public Graphics2D createGraphics() throws IllegalStateException {
        return this.overlay.createGraphics();
    }

    public void close() {
        this.oldFashionedSplashScreen.setVisible(false);
        this.oldFashionedSplashScreen.dispose();
        this.oldFashionedSplashScreen = null;
    }
   
    class SplashPanel extends JPanel {
       
        BufferedImage bufferedImage;
       
        SplashPanel(BufferedImage bufferedImage) {
            this.bufferedImage = bufferedImage;
        }
       
        @Override
        protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
            Graphics2D componentGraphics = (Graphics2D)g;
            //componentGraphics.drawImage(this.bufferedImage, new AffineTransformOp(new AffineTransform(),null),0,0);
            componentGraphics.drawImage(this.bufferedImage, new RescaleOp(1.0f,0.0f,null),0,0);
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        BugSplashScreen hmss = new BugSplashScreen("PICT0112A.jpg");
        //JETSplashScreen jetSplashScreen = JETSplashScreen.getJETSplashScreen("src/images/PICT0112A.jpg");
        try {
            Thread.sleep(10000);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            throw new Error("",e);
        }
        hmss.close();
        //jetSplashScreen.close();
    }
   
}
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