Background Image on a Component

Question

How do I add a background image to a component, in this case, a scrollpane containing a drawing area. This is for a level editor for my game. I want a level's background image to be drawn and tiled so the user can get a better preview of what the level will really look like. Is there an easy way to do this?

Answer 1

Do you have a little code-snippet on how to use this
class? The only things I've ever needed to do in
graphics is loading, transforming, and drawing images,
so I'm a bit in the dark on anything outside that.I think something like this will do it. I don't know for sure though since I've never used it:
private BufferedImage bImage;
// ... constructors, code blahdy blah, construct the bufferedimage here etc.
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
  // the Rectangle2D in user space used to anchor and replicate the texture:
  Rectangle2D anchor = new Rectangle2D.Double(0,0,20,20);
  // the actual paint object:
  TexturePaint tpaint = new TexturePaint(bImage, anchor);
  Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
  g2d.setPaint(tpaint);
  // g2d.fillRect(0,0,getWidth(), getHeight());
}