Java tutorial
import java.awt.Image; import java.awt.Toolkit; import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.InputStream; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { InputStream is = Main.class.getResourceAsStream("image.gif"); BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(is); byte[] byBuf = new byte[10000]; int byteRead = bis.read(byBuf, 0, 10000); Image img = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(byBuf); } }