Thread: I cant load the icon!!!!

import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
 
import javax.swing.JFrame;
 
public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
 
    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
 
    Image icon = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("mercuryLogo.jpg");
    frame.setIconImage(icon);
   frame.setVisible(true);
 
  }
}

im getting frustrated here..... please help.. i cant load the icon for the jframe

never had any idea that i have to set the path of the file exactly ... all the references that im reading in google is just telling me that i just have to type the file name including the file type.... "imge.jpg" ...

tnx sir Json!..

the icon is alreay loaded in the frame.. a follow up question.. if i load the image in a frame.. will the JVM set the image size into a default? i mean theres no way i can adjust its dimension just a little..?

I dont know how the resizing works on icons to be honest, however when it comes to putting a specific location down you might not want to do that when you ship your program so you need to make sure the picture is on the classpath in that case.

// Json

An alternative method to load the image is to load it as a resource.

	java.net.URL imgURL = getClass().getResource(path);	//where path is a string path relative to your class
	String pt = imgURL.getPath();			
	if (imgURL != null) {
		return new ImageIcon(imgURL, description);
	} else {
		System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + path);
	}

In many cases I prefer this method because you can ship the icons within a jar. The downside is that loading things this way is slower (for whatever reason) than using the Toolkit loader, so its usually only useful for smaller images. Along the same lines of Json's suggestion of image paths, if I were to do the toolkit approach, I'll usually place the image in a path local to the app, and load it be creating a temp local file from which I can get the full path and with a little string changes get the path to the image

using this way of yours sir copeg.. what method should i use to call this object to load an image..

the setIconImage(), doesnt accept a URL object..

and which of the two is better to prevent some loading errors..
which one do you prefer most?

I dont know how the resizing works on icons to be honest, however when it comes to putting a specific location down you might not want to do that when you ship your program so you need to make sure the picture is on the classpath in that case.

can you check this one sir Json.. this one adjusts the image... in a quite amount

.getScaledInstance(300, 300, 0)

the complete block for my image icon is this

Image icon = new ImageIcon("c:/pics/mercuryLogo.jpg").getImage().getScaledInstance(300, 300, 0);

Again, it depends upon what you wish to do. Getting the image via the class loader allows you to package your application and associated icons/images inside a ja. The concepts are somewhat the same though in that rather than specifying a global path to the image, which can move from user to user and platform to platform, the image should be placed in a location relative to the application so you can let the app find the image as opposed to relying on a constant path to the image

so you mean sir.. URL class is better for getting an image in my case..?... i will just follow your suggestions.. i dont want to take any risk in my project....tnx!

anyway..

Originally Posted by chronoz13

URL class is better for getting an image in my case..?

No. I just meant to reiterate Json's point - access your image relative to your application and not relying on something like:
'c:/pictures/mercuryLogo.jpg' actually being there. Using the class path or getting the path of your app allows you to do so.

How about something like this.

        final URL url = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getResource("mercuryLogo.jpg");
        final Image icon = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(url);

Oh and make sure your "mercuryLogo.jpg" file is in the root of the jar file that you have packaged together

// Json