[b]Two images in a Label [/b] (foreground & background)

Question

I cannot add two images to a Label. just one is acceptable but I have to add two images in a Label or another idea that shows two images up and down (foreground & background). The foreground image is GIF so it is transparent and the background is JPEG ..
Is there any idea or sample code for this? I couldnt managed for about 3 hours.
Regards, Bulent TASTAN

Answer 1

The easiest thing to do is combine the images into one image.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import javax.imageio.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Example {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        BufferedImage gosling = ImageIO.read(new URL("http://today.java.net/jag/bio/JagHeadshot-small.jpg"));
        BufferedImage duke = ImageIO.read(new URL("http://today.java.net/jag/old/green/duke/T4.gif"));
        Graphics2D g = gosling.createGraphics();
        double dx = (gosling.getWidth()-duke.getWidth())/2.0;
        double dy = gosling.getHeight()-duke.getHeight();
        AffineTransform xform = AffineTransform.getTranslateInstance(dx, dy);
        g.drawRenderedImage(duke, xform);
        g.dispose();
        JFrame f = new JFrame("Example");
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.getContentPane().add(new JLabel(new ImageIcon(gosling)));
        f.pack();
        f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        f.setVisible(true);
}