Adding Text to a pre-defined Image

Question

I have an Image that is within a JInternalFrame and I am wanting to add text on top of the Image. I have tried using the getGraphics().drawString() method, however this requires that the image in question have been created with the create(w,h) constructor, where as my image is created using an MemoryImageSource.
Does anyone have any ideas as to how I could add text to a predefined Image? Perhaps using some sort of transparent Pane/Panel may work?
Cheers
J

Answer 1

Here's the code I used to solve my problem, for those that may be interested.
BufferedImage bf = new BufferedImage(imageWidth,imageHeight,
BufferedImage.TYPE_3BYTE_BGR);
G = bf.createGraphics();
G.drawImage(getImage(),0,0,null);     //Get the original Image
G.setColor(Color.red);
//Draw a rectangle surrounding the object
G.drawRect((od.getBBLeft()-1),(od.getBBTop()-1),
(od.getObjectWidth()+2),(od.getObjectHeight()+2));
//Add the object text to the image
G.drawString(text,(od.getBBLeft()-1),(od.getBBBottom()+20));
getPixels(bf);      
image.flush();     //Clear the presently displayed images chache
setImage(bf);     //Define the new image for the JInternalFrame
repaint();     //Call the repaint methods for this JInternalFrame
Cheers
J