Thread: Variable from superclass using in JFrame class

Hopes my title explains a lot, but if it's still a little vague. I'll try to explain it a bit more. I would like to pass a variable I have in my main to my JFrame. In my main I calculate which pictures I should show in my JFrame. Is it possible to make objects of these pictures in my main class and use them in my JFrame? something like my code below. Of course this doesn’t work but it’s to clarify my question

public class JFrameTesting {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Image ImageVariable = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("C:\\1.jpg");
 
		MyJFrame f = new MyJFrame();
		f.setTitle("Drawing Graphics in Frames");
		f.setBounds(100,50,500,300);
		f.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.black);
		f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		f.setVisible(true);
	   }
 
	   static class MyJFrame extends JFrame {
 
		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
		public void paint(Graphics g) {
 
			g.drawImage(ImageVariable, 20, 50, this);
 
 
	      }
       }
}

There are several ways of doing this.

But first of all, your JFrameTesting class is NOT a superclass for your MyJFrame class. The MyJFrame class is an inner class of your JFrameTesting class. There is a huge difference and you should remember this.

Now as to how to get your desired results. A good solution would be to save the image within your MyJFrame class as a field. For this field you could write a Setter-method, that is, a method to set the fields value. From your main method you could call the Setter-method to set the field to your loaded image.

If you dont know how fields or Setters work I would advice you to read some books or tutorials about java.

Other comments:

Why build your interface in the main() method? Use the interface's constructor.

Overriding the paint() method is not recommended. Review Oracle's "Custom Painting" tutorial.

In general, this is an awkward design that is likely being driven by you trying to make things work within the limited context of what you already know. Instead of making it up as you go, find a number of decent tutorials on writing graphical interfaces - the Oracle Swing tutorials are an okay place to start - and do them all. Come here with your work to ask for pointers and anytime you need help.