ImageIcon JDK 1.6)

Description

public class ImageIcon

An implementation of the Icon interface that paints Icons from Images.

See also:

Constructors

public ImageIcon ()

Creates an uninitialized image icon.

public ImageIcon (byte[] imageData)

Creates an ImageIcon from an array of bytes which were read from an image file containing a supported image format, such as GIF, JPEG, or (as of 1.3) PNG.

public ImageIcon (byte[] imageData, String description)

Creates an ImageIcon from an array of bytes which were read from an image file containing a supported image format, such as GIF, JPEG, or (as of 1.3) PNG.

public ImageIcon (Image image)

Creates an ImageIcon from an image object.

public ImageIcon (Image image, String description)

Creates an ImageIcon from the image.

public ImageIcon (String filename)

Creates an ImageIcon from the specified file.

Creates an ImageIcon from the specified file. The image will
be preloaded by using MediaTracker to monitor the loading state
of the image. The specified String can be a file name or a
file path. When specifying a path, use the Internet-standard
forward-slash ("/") as a separator.
(The string is converted to an URL, so the forward-slash works
on all systems.)
For example, specify:


    new ImageIcon("images/myImage.gif")

The description is initialized to the filename string.
Parameters:
- filename - a String specifying a filename or path
See Also: ImageIcon.getDescription(),

public ImageIcon (String filename, String description)

Creates an ImageIcon from the specified file.

public ImageIcon (URL location)

Creates an ImageIcon from the specified URL.

public ImageIcon (URL location, String description)

Creates an ImageIcon from the specified URL.

Methods

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public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext () [Specified in Accessible]

Gets the AccessibleContext associated with this ImageIcon.

public String getDescription ()

Gets the description of the image.

public int getIconHeight () [Specified in Icon]

Gets the height of the icon.

public int getIconWidth () [Specified in Icon]

Gets the width of the icon.

public Image getImage ()

Returns this icon's Image.

Returns this icon's Image.
Returns: the Image object for this ImageIcon

public int getImageLoadStatus ()

Returns the status of the image loading operation.

public ImageObserver getImageObserver ()

Returns the image observer for the image.

protected void loadImage (Image image)

Loads the image, returning only when the image is loaded.

publicsynchronized void paintIcon (Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y) [Specified in Icon]

Paints the icon.

Paints the icon.
The top-left corner of the icon is drawn at
the point (x, y)
in the coordinate space of the graphics context g.
If this icon has no image observer,
this method uses the c component
as the observer.
Parameters:
- c - the component to be used as the observer if this icon has no image observer
- g - the graphics context
- x - the X coordinate of the icon's top-left corner
- y - the Y coordinate of the icon's top-left corner

public void setDescription (String description)

Sets the description of the image.

public void setImage (Image image)

Sets the image displayed by this icon.

public void setImageObserver (ImageObserver observer)

Sets the image observer for the image.

Sets the image observer for the image. Set this
property if the ImageIcon contains an animated GIF, so
the observer is notified to update its display.
For example:


     icon = new ImageIcon(...)
     button.setIcon(icon);
     icon.setImageObserver(button);

Parameters:
- observer - the image observer

public String toString ()

Returns a string representation of this image.