question: private static Frame showInitialSplash ( ) { Frame splashFrame = null ; Image image = null ; URL imageURL = getChosenSplashURL ( ) ; if ( imageURL != null ) { try { image = ImageIO . read ( imageURL ) ; } catch ( IOException e ) { e . printStackTrace ( ) ; } if ( image != null ) { splashFrame = AWTSplashWindow . splash ( image ) ; } } return splashFrame ; }
target:  Shows the initial splash window.