A texture is a bitmap image applied to a shape : TexturePaint « 2D Graphics « Java Tutorial

1. Java Tutorial
2. 2D Graphics
3. TexturePaint

import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.TexturePaint;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class Textures extends JPanel {
  BufferedImage s;
  public Textures() {
    try {
      s = ImageIO.read(this.getClass().getResource("s.png"));
    } catch (IOException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }

  public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
    super.paintComponent(g);
    Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
    TexturePaint slatetp = new TexturePaint(s, new Rectangle(0, 0, 90, 60));

    g2d.setPaint(slatetp);
    g2d.fillRect(10, 15, 90, 60);

  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Textures");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.add(new Textures());
    frame.setSize(360, 120);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}

16.19.TexturePaint
	16.19.1.	A texture is a bitmap image applied to a shape
	16.19.2.	TexturePaint with GIF image
	16.19.3.	TexturePaint with BufferedImage