Getting ImageIcon absolute path from a Jlabel

Question

By using:

jLabel1.getIcon().toString();

It returns only the reference to the object " javax.swing.ImageIcon@2982ccce ";

Not the absolute path, so how could I return the absolute path of that Icon?

For example: C:/File/imageicon.jpg

Answer 1

    JLabel jLabel1 = new JLabel();
    jLabel1.setIcon(new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/lk/edu/ijse/examsimulator/img/Hand With Pen_36px.png")));
    if (jLabel1.getIcon() != null) {

        Icon iconPath = jLabel1.getIcon();
        System.out.println(iconPath.toString());
        /* print      
         * file:/E:/Quick%20access/Documents/NetBeansProjects/ExamSimulator/ExmClientAdmin/build/classes/lk/edu/ijse/examsimulator/img/Hand%20With%20Pen_36px.png
         */

        String absolutePath = iconPath.toString().replaceFirst("file:/", "");
        absolutePath = absolutePath.replaceAll("%20", " ");
        System.out.println(absolutePath);
        /* print
         *
         * E:/Quick access/Documents/NetBeansProjects/ExamSimulator/ExmClientAdmin/build/classes/lk/edu/ijse/examsimulator/img/Hand With Pen_36px.png
         *
         * it's my image absolute path */
    }