ImageIcon.getDescription() has the following syntax.
public String getDescription()
In the following code shows how to use ImageIcon.getDescription() method.
// w w w .j a v a2s . c om import javax.swing.ImageIcon; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("image.gif"); icon.setDescription("Description of Image"); System.out.println(icon.getDescription()); } }