adding images to a java applet?

Question

When I tried to to create an image I was using this line but got no images, just blank lines.

g.drawImage(getImage(getDocumentBase(), "Piece_1.png"),coorx, 
coory, SIZE_Y / 8, SIZE_Y / 8, this);

How do you display an image and where do you put it in an eclipse project?

Answer 1

Eclipse IDE executes the programs from the src directory. These steps solved me this problem.

1. Create a new package called resources . You can name it whatever you want.
2. Add your image files into that package.

3. Now first load your image before drawing it.

    public Image getImage(String name){ URL imgUrl = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("resources/"+name); ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(imgUrl); return icon.getImage(); } 

An Example

The constructor you can have.

Image piece1;

public Checkers(){
    piece1 = getImage("Piece_1.png");
}

public void paint(Graphics g){
    if (piece1!=null){
        g.drawImage(piece1, xcoord, ycoord, null);
    }
}

Hope this solves your problem.