Help with getting Images to show in a Rock, Paper, Scissors game

Question

Hi
I am working on this Rock, paper, scissors java game and the program works, but I can not figure out how to get the images to load onto the program. So my question is how do I get the images to load up with the program? I am using JCreator for this project. I have created the Basic Java Application project, and then added in the 3 .java files that I need to run the program, but I just can not figure out how or where I need to upload the files. The game works without the images, but I would really like them to show up.
This is the .java file that calls up the images:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class pss extends JPanel implements ActionListener, ItemListener
private final Color clrBackground = new Color(163,243,255);
private final Color clrForeground = new Color(0,0,0);
private JComboBox cboxWeapon;
private JTextField txtCPUWeapon, txtWins, txtLoses, txtDraws;
private JLabel lblPlayerWeapon, lblCPUWeapon, lblWins, lblLoses, lblDraws, lblStatus, lblPlayerWeaponIcon, lblCPUWeaponIcon;
private JButton cmdPlay, cmdReset;
private ImageIcon[] imgWeapon;
private JPanel panRoot, panPlayerArea, panPlayerWeapon, panCPUArea, panCPUWeapon, panStatusArea, panGo, panCounters, panWins, panLoses, panDraws;
private pssEngine engine = new pssEngine();
private objCreateAppletImage createImage = new objCreateAppletImage();
private boolean errorWithImages = false;
public static void main(String[] args) //With applications, you have to specify a main method (not with applets)
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true); //Make it look nice
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Paper Stone Scissors"); //Title
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setResizable(false); //Stops the user resizing the window
JComponent paneMain = new pss();
paneMain.setOpaque(true);
paneMain.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(420,350));
frame.setContentPane(paneMain);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
public pss ()
cboxWeapon = new JComboBox(engine.getWeapon());
cboxWeapon.addItemListener(this);
txtCPUWeapon = new JTextField(engine.getStrCPUWeapon(), 5);
txtWins = new JTextField("0", 5);
txtLoses = new JTextField("0", 5);
txtDraws = new JTextField("0", 5);
txtCPUWeapon.setEditable(false);
txtWins.setEditable(false);
txtLoses.setEditable(false);
txtDraws.setEditable(false);
lblPlayerWeapon = new JLabel("Choose your weapon", JLabel.CENTER);
lblCPUWeapon = new JLabel("The CPU's weapon", JLabel.CENTER);
lblWins = new JLabel("Amount of wins:", JLabel.RIGHT);
lblLoses = new JLabel("Amount of loses:", JLabel.RIGHT);
lblDraws = new JLabel("Amount of Drawss:", JLabel.RIGHT);
lblStatus = new JLabel("", JLabel.CENTER);
lblPlayerWeaponIcon = new JLabel("", JLabel.CENTER);
lblCPUWeaponIcon = new JLabel("", JLabel.CENTER);
lblPlayerWeaponIcon.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(150,150));
lblCPUWeaponIcon.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(150,150));
cmdPlay = new JButton("Go!");
cmdReset = new JButton("Restart");
cmdPlay.addActionListener(this);
cmdReset.addActionListener(this);
try
imgWeapon = new ImageIcon[3];
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
imgWeapon[i] = createImage.getImageIcon(this, ".src/images/" + engine.getWeapon(i) + ".gif", "Icon for " + engine.getWeapon(i), 13000);
lblPlayerWeaponIcon.setIcon(imgWeapon[0]);
lblCPUWeaponIcon.setIcon(imgWeapon[0]);
catch (Exception ex) //The game works without the images, so carry on
errorWithImages = true;
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
panRoot = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
panPlayerArea = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
panPlayerWeapon = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
panCPUArea = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
panCPUWeapon = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
panStatusArea = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
panGo = new JPanel();
panCounters = new JPanel(new GridLayout(3,1,2,2));
panWins = new JPanel();
panLoses = new JPanel();
panDraws = new JPanel();
add(panRoot, BorderLayout.CENTER);
panRoot.add(panPlayerArea, BorderLayout.WEST);
panPlayerArea.add(panPlayerWeapon, BorderLayout.NORTH);
panPlayerWeapon.add(lblPlayerWeapon, BorderLayout.NORTH);
panPlayerWeapon.add(cboxWeapon, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
panPlayerArea.add(lblPlayerWeaponIcon, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
panRoot.add(panCPUArea, BorderLayout.EAST);
panCPUArea.add(panCPUWeapon, BorderLayout.NORTH);
panCPUWeapon.add(lblCPUWeapon, BorderLayout.NORTH);
panCPUWeapon.add(txtCPUWeapon, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
panCPUArea.add(lblCPUWeaponIcon, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
panRoot.add(panStatusArea, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
panStatusArea.add(panGo, BorderLayout.NORTH);
panGo.add(cmdPlay);
panGo.add(cmdReset);
panGo.add(lblStatus);
panStatusArea.add(panCounters, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
panCounters.add(panWins);
panWins.add(lblWins);
panWins.add(txtWins);
panCounters.add(panLoses);
panLoses.add(lblLoses);
panLoses.add(txtLoses);
panCounters.add(panDraws);
panDraws.add(lblDraws);
panDraws.add(txtDraws);
panRoot.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5,5,5,5));
setBackground(clrBackground);
panRoot.setBackground(clrBackground);
panPlayerArea.setBackground(clrBackground);
panPlayerWeapon.setBackground(clrBackground);
panCPUArea.setBackground(clrBackground);
panCPUWeapon.setBackground(clrBackground);
panStatusArea.setBackground(clrBackground);
panGo.setBackground(clrBackground);
panCounters.setBackground(clrBackground);
panWins.setBackground(clrBackground);
panLoses.setBackground(clrBackground);
panDraws.setBackground(clrBackground);
lblPlayerWeapon.setForeground(clrForeground);
lblCPUWeapon.setForeground(clrForeground);
lblWins.setForeground(clrForeground);
lblLoses.setForeground(clrForeground);
lblDraws.setForeground(clrForeground);
txtWins.setForeground(clrForeground);
txtLoses.setForeground(clrForeground);
txtDraws.setForeground(clrForeground);
txtCPUWeapon.setForeground(clrForeground);
public void reset ()
cboxWeapon.setSelectedIndex(0);
lblStatus.setText("");
engine.reset();
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent e)
if (e.getSource() == cmdReset)
reset();
else
lblStatus.setText(engine.play(cboxWeapon.getSelectedIndex()));
txtCPUWeapon.setText(engine.getStrCPUWeapon());
txtWins.setText(Integer.toString(engine.getWins()));
txtLoses.setText(Integer.toString(engine.getLoses()));
txtDraws.setText(Integer.toString(engine.getDraws()));
if (!errorWithImages)
lblCPUWeaponIcon.setIcon(imgWeapon[engine.getCPUWeapon()]);
public void itemStateChanged (ItemEvent e)
if (!errorWithImages)
lblPlayerWeaponIcon.setIcon(imgWeapon[cboxWeapon.getSelectedIndex()]);
}Here is the other .java file that calls on the Images:
import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
public class objCreateAppletImage
public void objCreateAppletImage ()
//If an error occurs (or is thrown by me) it will be thrown to the next level up, and either caught or thrown
public ImageIcon getImageIcon (Object parentClass, String path, String description, int fileSize) throws Exception
int count = 0;
BufferedInputStream imgStream = new BufferedInputStream(parentClass.getClass().getResourceAsStream(path));
byte buff[] = new byte[fileSize];
if (imgStream == null) //If doesn't exist
throw new Exception("File not Found");
try
count = imgStream.read(buff);
imgStream.close(); //Closes the stream
catch (IOException ex)
throw new Exception("Corrupt file");
return new ImageIcon(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(buff), description); //Creates the image from the byte array
}Could someone please help me? I really have no idea and I would like this to work.
Thank you
Frank

Answer 1

Oh, thank you. I will not do that in the future.
I am not entirely sure how I would use the getImage method in an Applet. I would prefer to just use the code that I have currently, unless the addition of making the program an Applet only adds a small amount of code. But then even still, I am not entirely sure what I would write in the .class file to make the images load. And then I would not really know how to properly incorporate the pss.java file and the .class file together so they read off of each other.