Show label text in front of image always

Question

I have text in a label that I want to show over an image. Sometimes the text shows sometimes it is hidden by the image. Is there a way to force the text to show above the image? Thanks....

Answer 1

Or do this:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import javax.imageio.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class X {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(new URL("http://today.java.net/jag/Image1-large.jpeg"));
        String title = "James Gosling";
        LabelIt(image, title, new Font("Lucida Sans", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        JFrame f = new JFrame(title);
        f.getContentPane().add(new JLabel(new ImageIcon(image)));
        f.pack();
        f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.setVisible(true);
    public static void LabelIt(BufferedImage image, String text, Font font) {
        Graphics2D g = image.createGraphics();
        Rectangle2D bounds = font.getStringBounds(text, g.getFontRenderContext());
        float x = (float)(image.getWidth() - bounds.getWidth())/2;
        float y = (float)bounds.getHeight();
        g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
        g.setFont(font);
        g.drawString(text, x, y);
        g.dispose();
}