Displaying a .jpg on a panel

Question

Whats the easiest way to display a .jpg on a panel? I haven't done this for so long the implementation seems to have changed... when I tried looking it up I got all kinds of confusing junk like prepare image etc.. I don't need to render or do any b.s. Just display it.
Thank you for your time and assistance.

Answer 1

import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import javax.imageio.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class JPGDisplay {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    String url = "file:images/cougar.jpg";
    Image image = null;
    try {
      image = ImageIO.read(new URL(url));
    catch(MalformedURLException mue) {
      System.out.println(mue.getMessage());
    catch(IOException ioe) {
      System.out.println(ioe.getMessage());
    JLabel imageLabel = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(image));
    JPanel panel = new JPanel();
    panel.add(imageLabel);
    JFrame f = new JFrame();
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    f.getContentPane().add(panel);
    f.pack();
    f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    f.setVisible(true);
}