Media Tracker not working in array element initialization...

Question

Hi, I'm new to Java... and I'm also in a hurry. Having trouble here. Ever since I turned TerrainPalette into an array the media tracker hasn't been able to add the image. I'm sure it's something simple that I'm doing wrong since I'm so new. Here's my code:
By the way... GV. is a class I use for global variables. I know, probably cheating, but I'm used to C and I will learn to do it right later...
class TerrainPalette {
public static int flags;
public static Image image;
public TerrainPalette(int i) {
if (new File("images/TP" + i + ".jpg").exists())
image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("images/TP" + i + ".jpg");
else if (new File("images/TP" + i + ".gif").exists())
image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("images/TP" + i + ".gif");
else {
System.out.print ("Image Missing from Tileset: " + i + "\n");
image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("images/TP0.jpg");
return;
GV.tpmedia.addImage(image, 0);
try {
GV.tpmedia.waitForID(0);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.print ("Can't add image to media: " + i + "\n");
}

Answer 1

Ok, for anyone following this... I fixed it.
Apparently the static declaration of image in TerrainPalette was causing every element of TerrainPalette to have the same image stored in it. Not entirely sure how to use static variables in Java yet. I'm used to functions where you need to use static so that the variable doesn't change when you exit, but I have to remember that a class is more like a struct... with functions in it... and isn't like a C function.