Problem change Graphics2D into jpg

Question

this is part of the code i have
private void drawPawn(Graphics2D gr, Integer pawn, Color c) {
          Coordinate coord = parent.getGameCore().currentBoard().getCoordinate(
                    pawn);
          int y = coord.getLine();
          int x = coord.getRow();
// Image Image1; <-------------------------this is first try
// Toolkit toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
// Image1 = toolkit.getImage("kangaroo.jpg");
// BufferedImage Image1 = null ; <--------------------------this is second try
// try {
// Image1 = ImageIO.read(new File("kangaroo.jpg"));
// } catch (IOException e) {
ImageIcon Image1 = new ImageIcon("kangaroo.jpg"); <--------------------------and last try but it doesnt work(cant view the jpg)
          gr.setColor(borderPawnsColor);
          gr.fillOval(horizontalBorder + x * slotWidth, verticalBorder + y
                    * slotHeight, pawnDiameter + pawnBorderSize, pawnDiameter
                    + pawnBorderSize);
          gr.setColor(c);
          gr.fillOval(horizontalBorder + x * slotWidth, verticalBorder + y
                    * slotHeight, pawnDiameter, pawnDiameter);
gr.drawImage(Image1.getImage(), horizontalBorder + x * slotWidth, verticalBorder + y
                    * slotHeight, this); <--------------------------this is where the problem place
ive try different ways to view "kangaroo.jpg".but it doesnt work.anyone could help me?
i get this code from googling.

Answer 1

forent wrote:
sorry..when i change the root into "E:/My Documents/NetBeansProjects/Bordeaux/src/gui/kangaroo.jpg".but why this happen?
it solve my problem.
yeah it called from paintcomponent().
thanks.. :-DThat is not the root of your project, it is a direct path to your JPG. IT happened bacause your code was correct, but your JPG is in the wrong place. Your project is in "E:/MY Documents/NetBeansProjects/Bordeaux", put your JPG in there and you can access it then by just the name "kangaroo.jpg", but if you JAR your file, then you'll have to loadresource and include the JPG in your JAR to get it to work that way. In any case a direct path to your JPG will work, but you lose the ability to move your JAR freely from machine to machine as a self contained unit able to run on any appropriate JVM--you will always be requred to have that hard path "E:/My Documents/NetBeansProjects/Bordeaux/src/gui/kangaroo.jpg" to your JPG and if your friends don't have an E drive, they are just out of luck.