How to scale an image(URGENT)

Question

I am having a problem in scaling an image.
The code I've written is as follows.
Toolkit tk=Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
Image img=tk.getImage("abc.png");
img=getScaledInstance(100,100,Image.SCALE_FAST);
Then when I draw the image, it doesn't scale it. It draws nothing. But if i remove the line, getScaled...,
then it is loaded properly.
Wat can be the problem?
Also, if any1 can tell other ways to scale an image to a predefined size, please tell me.
Its very URGENT, please respond fast.

Answer 1

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 X {
    public static BufferedImage readScaled(URL url, int w, int h) throws IOException {
        BufferedImage orig = ImageIO.read(url);
        int transparent = orig.getColorModel().getTransparency();
        GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
        GraphicsDevice gd = ge.getDefaultScreenDevice();
        GraphicsConfiguration gc = gd.getDefaultConfiguration();
        BufferedImage image = gc.createCompatibleImage(w, h, transparent);
        Graphics2D g = image.createGraphics();
        g.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_INTERPOLATION, RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BICUBIC);
        double scaleX = w / (double) orig.getWidth();
        double scaleY = h / (double) orig.getHeight();
        AffineTransform xform = AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(scaleX, scaleY);
        g.drawRenderedImage(orig, xform);
        g.dispose();
        orig.flush();
        return image;
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        String url = "http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/interactive/world/0312/gallery.saddam.captured/1.saddam.beard.jpg";
        BufferedImage image = readScaled(new URL(url), 400, 400);
        JLabel label = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(image));
        JFrame f = new JFrame("X");
        f.getContentPane().add(label);
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.pack();
        f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        f.setVisible(true);
}