how to add an image to Jpanel

**momotaro** · Jan 19 '12, 09:01 PM

Hi everyone,

I have my Jpanel created using netbeans wizard (drag and drop) and I have my class ImageLoader which prepare the image but am stuck at how I make the image to show on my panel...
here is the code for ImageLoader:

Code:

/*
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 * and open the template in the editor.
 */
package myphotoshop.logic;

import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

/**
 *
 * @author AYACH MOHAMED
 */
public class ImageLoader extends JPanel{
    
    private BufferedImage image;

    public ImageLoader(String imageName) {
       try {
            image = ImageIO.read(new File(imageName));
          
          
       } catch (IOException ex) {
            // handle exception...
           System.out.println("lol");
       }
    }

    @Override
    public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null); // see javadoc for more info on the parameters

    }
}

Here is the code to chose the file :

Code:

private void jMenuItem1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
        // TODO add your handling code here:
        
        FileDialog fileChoser = new FileDialog(this);
        fileChoser.setVisible(true);
        
        ImageLoader loadimage = new ImageLoader(fileChoser.getDirectory() 
                                                + fileChoser.getFile());  
    }

And here is the generated code for the Jpanel by netbeans:

Code:

Panel = new javax.swing.JPanel();

Panel.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(255, 255, 255));

// Code of sub-components - not shown here

// Layout setup code - not shown here

// Code adding the component to the parent container - not shown here

please help thank's in advance.