Rotate a JLabel

Question

Hello again!
I am trying to rotate an image on a JLabel and I feel I am almost there! However the size does not seem to adjust so when I put it on my label it is far too small. The code I am using is below:
  protected ImageIcon poleImage = new ImageIcon("ai/Images/pole.jpg");
  protected Image img = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("ai/Images/pole.jpg");
public JLabel rotatePole(JLabel lbl)
   Image image;
   ImageIcon icon;
   image = img;
   icon = poleImage;
   int h = image.getHeight(lbl);
   int w = image.getWidth(lbl);
   rad = rad + toRad(30);
   BufferedImage bim = new BufferedImage(h, w, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
   Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)(bim.createGraphics());
   g2d.translate(h, 0);
   g2d.rotate(rad);
   g2d.drawImage(image, 0, 0, w, h, lbl);
   icon = new ImageIcon(bim);
   lbl.setIcon(icon);
   image = bim;
   return(lbl);
public double toRad(double deg)
     double radians;
     radians = deg * 0.0174532925;
     return(radians);
}//end toRad()I am defining rad to be zero in the constructor and it sould be increasing by 30 degrees each time I hit the left arrow key. Also the returned lbl goes to the JLabel I use in my JPanel ( poleLbl = pole.rotatePole(poleLbl); )
What I am seeing is my full size image is replaced by a tiny square. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Answer 1

OK. From the code provided by 74philip and the recommended link from camickr I put this together. I get no error messages of any kind.
I am calling the routine via:
private void processRKey()
  int offsetR;
  int newXcart;
  int newXpole;
//The line below is where I am calling the rotation methods
  poleLbl = pole.getLabel();
  poleLblSz = poleLbl.getPreferredSize();
//I threw this  in to try to re-establish the pole binding but alas no luck
// buildbindings();
  offsetR = 20;
  newXcart = cart.getXPos()+ offsetR;
  newXpole = pole.getXPos() + offsetR;
  positionLbls(newXcart, cart.getYPos(), newXpole, pole.getYPos());
  cart.setXPos(newXcart);
  pole.setXPos(newXpole);
  System.out.println("R: " + cart.getXPos() + " " + cart.getYPos());
}//end processRKey() What is happening is that my pole no longer moves in any direction nor does it rotate. My cart is still key-bound and does move left and right in response to arrow key strikes. What follows is my rotation routine.
public void Rotation()
   ClassLoader cl = Pole.class.getClassLoader();
   try
      bi = ImageIO.read(cl.getResourceAsStream(path));
      image = bi;
   catch(IOException ioE)
      JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Bufferd Image Load Failure\n");
   //getValue();
private BufferedImage getImage(double theta)
     double cos = Math.abs(Math.cos(theta));
     double sin = Math.abs(Math.sin(theta));
     double width  = image.getWidth();
     double height = image.getHeight();
     int w = (int)(width * cos + height * sin);
     int h = (int)(width * sin + height * cos);
     BufferedImage out = new BufferedImage(w, h, image.getType());
     Graphics2D g2 = out.createGraphics();
     g2.setPaint(UIManager.getColor("Panel.background"));
     g2.fillRect(0,0,w,h);
     double x = w/2;
     double y = h/2;
     AffineTransform at = AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(theta, x, y);
     x = (w - width)/2;
     y = (h - height)/2;
     at.translate(x, y);
     g2.drawRenderedImage(image, at);
     g2.dispose();
     return out;
public JLabel getLabel()
     Rotation();
     rad = rad + toRad(30);
     BufferedImage bi = getImage(rad);
     image = bi;
     //tempLbl.setIcon(new ImageIcon(bi));
     ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(image);
     tempLbl = new JLabel(icon);
     tempLbl.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
     return tempLbl;
/*private void getValue()
   rad = rad + toRad(30);
   BufferedImage bi = getImage(rad);
   tempLbl.setIcon(new ImageIcon(bi));
public double toRad(double deg)
     double radians;
     radians = deg * 0.0174532925;
     return(radians);
}//end toRad()I think it is just something obvious that I am too inexperienced to recognize.
Thanks for the help earlier, by the way!