Read an Image from URL : ImageIO « 2D Graphics « Java Tutorial

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

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.net.URL;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    // Read from a URL
    URL url = new URL("http://java.org/source.gif");
    Image image = ImageIO.read(url);

    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    JLabel label = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(image));
    frame.getContentPane().add(label, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    frame.pack();
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}