JLabel Icon Update Question

Question

Hi. I have created a jLabel that get's it's Icon updated via a value derived from a MYSQL query. The Icon1 value is a URL. My question is, if I do the MYSQL query and the URL doesn't change from the existing value, does the jLabel still go out and pull the image over? Or does it recognize that the URL is still the same and doesn't make an attempt at pulling the image over? Basically, I am asking this because I'm trying to determine the load on my webserver. Thank you for your help!
image1.setIcon(icon1);

Answer 1

Hi Daryl. Here is what I'm doing:
protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String URL,
                                               String description) {
        //java.net.URL imgURL = LabelDemo.class.getResource(URL);
        java.net.URL imgURL = null;
    try {
      imgURL = new java.net.URL(URL);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      //Logger.getLogger(LabelDemo.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        if (imgURL != null) {
            return new ImageIcon(imgURL, description);
        } else {
            System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + URL);
            return null;
ImageIcon icon1 = createImageIcon("https://www.website.com/images/" + dateVal + "/thumbs/" + image2Val + "",
                   image1.setIcon(icon1);