URGENT! : how to draw images?

Question

new to swing, wanna create an app using jframes but how do i draw my images? added 2 jpanels to my jframe to split the window into 2, 1 side for text, the other is for my images. but how do i draw them on the jpanel? read the java tutorial but it only shows me class xxx extends jpanel. must i do this? if i must, where shld my jframe be? really need some help right away cos i'm doing it for a project n deadline's coming soon...

Answer 1

i attached the source code as following:(made by jbuilder)
package untitled3;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Frame1 extends JFrame {
private JPanel contentPane;
private BorderLayout borderLayout1 = new BorderLayout();
private JSplitPane jSplitPane1 = new JSplitPane();
private JTextArea jTextArea1 = new JTextArea();
private JPanel jPanel1 = new JPanel();
//Construct the frame
public Frame1() {
enableEvents(AWTEvent.WINDOW_EVENT_MASK);
try {
jbInit();
catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
//Component initialization
private void jbInit() throws Exception {
//setIconImage(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(Frame1.class.getResource("[Your Icon]")));
contentPane = (JPanel) this.getContentPane();
contentPane.setLayout(borderLayout1);
this.setSize(new Dimension(400, 300));
this.setTitle("Frame Title");
jTextArea1.setText("jTextArea1");
contentPane.add(jSplitPane1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
jSplitPane1.add(jTextArea1, JSplitPane.LEFT);
jSplitPane1.add(jPanel1, JSplitPane.RIGHT);
//Overridden so we can exit when window is closed
protected void processWindowEvent(WindowEvent e) {
super.processWindowEvent(e);
if (e.getID() == WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING) {
System.exit(0);
package untitled3;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import java.awt.*;
public class Application1 {
private boolean packFrame = false;
//Construct the application
public Application1() {
Frame1 frame = new Frame1();
//Validate frames that have preset sizes
//Pack frames that have useful preferred size info, e.g. from their layout
if (packFrame) {
frame.pack();
else {
frame.validate();
//Center the window
Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
Dimension frameSize = frame.getSize();
if (frameSize.height > screenSize.height) {
frameSize.height = screenSize.height;
if (frameSize.width > screenSize.width) {
frameSize.width = screenSize.width;
frame.setLocation((screenSize.width - frameSize.width) / 2, (screenSize.height - frameSize.height) / 2);
frame.setVisible(true);
//Main method
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
new Application1();
}