Getter setter method for image type?

Question

How could an image type be used in bean. My bean reflects a profile of a person which has a set of string and their profile picture. I am not sure about the type for the getter and setter methods for the image type data.

    private Image image; //what replaces Image? 

 public void setImage(TYPE image) {
    this.image= image;
   }

   public TYPE getImage() {
    return Image;
}   

please note I want to store displayable object, and using the get method in another class to display the image.

Answer 1

You should probably use Icon (or ImageIcon ). To display an image in a swing app, the easiest way is to use a JLabel and construct it with an Icon . So that's probably what your bean should contain.