Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.awt.Cursor; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment; import java.awt.Image; import java.awt.Point; import java.awt.Toolkit; import java.awt.Transparency; public class Main { /** * Create a custom cursor out of the specified image, putting the hotspot in the exact center * of the created cursor. */ public static Cursor createImageCursor(Image img) { return createImageCursor(img, null); } /** * Create a custom cursor out of the specified image, with the specified hotspot. */ public static Cursor createImageCursor(Image img, Point hotspot) { Toolkit tk = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(); // for now, just report the cursor restrictions, then blindly create int w = img.getWidth(null); int h = img.getHeight(null); Dimension d = tk.getBestCursorSize(w, h); // int colors = tk.getMaximumCursorColors(); // Log.debug("Creating custom cursor [desiredSize=" + w + "x" + h + // ", bestSize=" + d.width + "x" + d.height + // ", maxcolors=" + colors + "]."); // if the passed-in image is smaller, pad it with transparent pixels and use it anyway. if (((w < d.width) && (h <= d.height)) || ((w <= d.width) && (h < d.height))) { Image padder = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getDefaultScreenDevice() .getDefaultConfiguration().createCompatibleImage(d.width, d.height, Transparency.BITMASK); Graphics g = padder.getGraphics(); g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, null); g.dispose(); // and reassign the image to the padded image img = padder; // and adjust the 'best' to cheat the hotspot checking code d.width = w; d.height = h; } // make sure the hotspot is valid if (hotspot == null) { hotspot = new Point(d.width / 2, d.height / 2); } else { hotspot.x = Math.min(d.width - 1, Math.max(0, hotspot.x)); hotspot.y = Math.min(d.height - 1, Math.max(0, hotspot.y)); } // and create the cursor return tk.createCustomCursor(img, hotspot, "samskivertDnDCursor"); } }