Loading Transparency in Image

Question

I have a JSlider and I want an image to mark the center of the slider. This image has a transparent background:
    JSlider j = new JSlider();
    static final int BARHEIGHT = 15;
    static final int BARYPOS = 15;
    public BreakEvenSliderUI(JSlider js)
     super(js);
     j = js;
    public void paintTrack(Graphics g)
     g.setColor(new Color(0.5f,0.0f,0.0f,0.3f));
     g.fill3DRect(0,BARYPOS,
               xPositionForValue(j.getValue()),
               BARHEIGHT,true);
     g.setColor(new Color(0.0f,0.0f,0.5f,0.3f));
     g.fill3DRect(xPositionForValue(j.getValue()),BARYPOS,
               j.getWidth() - xPositionForValue(j.getValue()),
               BARHEIGHT,true);
     File f = new File("images/logo.png");
     try
          BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(f);
          Image beCenter = image;
          int xCenterOfTrack = (int)((j.getBounds().getWidth()) / 2);
          g.drawImage(beCenter,
                   xCenterOfTrack - 25,
                   BARYPOS - 15,
                   j.getBackground(),
                   j);
     catch(IOException ex){}
    }Graphics.drawImage() is painting the transparent part of the image to the background color. However, is there a way to have it paint what is behind the image and not just the background?

Answer 1

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-begjava/index.html
i forgot this one
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/2d/images/drawimage.html
hope it will help you !!!!!!!!!
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supareno