Question about picture imag rotating

Question

hi..
i started to learn java couple of month ago
and now im trying to make a simple racing game
that is based on map image rotation....
but the problem is i don't know
how to rotate my road images in clockwise or
counter clockwise reacted by certain key on keyboard...
i hope any one of you guys help me out with this...
source code or simple example would be great for me
to understand better..^^;;;
thx..

Answer 1

Have fun;-import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Rotate extends JFrame {
   MyPanel panel = new MyPanel();
   public Rotate() {
      setSize(200,150);
      setContentPane(panel);
      setVisible(true);
         while (true) {
            try {
               Thread.sleep(50);
               panel.angle++;
               panel.repaint();
            catch (InterruptedException e) {}
public class MyPanel extends JPanel {
   ImageIcon image = new ImageIcon("SndImage.jpg");
   int  intW  = image.getIconWidth();
   int  intH  = image.getIconHeight();
   long angle = 10;
   public MyPanel(){ super();}
   public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
      super.paintComponent(g);
      Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
      // change the numbers 65 and 55 for different rotation effects
      g2.rotate (Math.toRadians(angle), 65+intW/2, 55+intH/2);
      // 45 and 40 is the starting position
      g2.drawImage(image.getImage(), 45, 40, this);
      g2.dispose();
  public static void main(String[] args) { new Rotate();}
}