Displaying a image in a gui

Question

i was wondering how i can display an image using jframe
what steps would i need to take to get it working

Answer 1

Yes, there are several ways you can get an image icon either from local disk or network. I have used the simplest approach and shown here how to display an image in user interface.
As suggested by DrLaszloJamf, using URL is good approach. Locate your image, construct the URL and then create the image icon using that URL.
Sample code for creating image icon:
     * Locates the image icon at specified {@code path} using given class reference
     * and a short description of the image.
     * Once the URL is resolved it creates an image icon and returns the same.
     * @param cl The class which is used as reference to locate the image icon.
     * @param path The pathname for the image.
     * @param description A brief textual description of the image.
     * @return An image icon. It returns {@code null} if given path can not be resolved
     *               or failed to load the image icon.
    public static ImageIcon createImageIcon(Class cl, String path,
            String description) {
        // Validate inputs here.
        try {
            URL imgURL = cl.getResource(path);
            if (description != null) {
                return new ImageIcon(imgURL, description);
            } else {
                return new ImageIcon(imgURL);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
            return null;
    }Thanks,
Mrityunjoy
Edited by: mrityunjoy on 6 Feb, 2009 10:22 AM