Java BufferedImage Load loadFromResource(String imageName, Class cls)

Description

Loads an Image named imageName as a resource relative to the Class cls.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Image loadFromResource(String imageName, Class cls) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from  www.  ja  v  a2s  .  com
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import java.awt.*;

import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Hashtable;

public class Main {
    private static Hashtable imageCache = new Hashtable();

    /**
     * Loads an {@link Image} named <code>imageName</code> as a resource
     * relative to the Class <code>cls</code>.  If the <code>Image</code> can
     * not be loaded, then <code>null</code> is returned.  Images loaded here
     * will be added to an internal cache based upon the full {@link URL} to
     * their location.
     * <p/>
     * <em>This method replaces legacy code from JDeveloper 3.x and earlier.</em>
     *
     * @see Class#getResource(String)
     * @see Toolkit#createImage(URL)
     */
    public static Image loadFromResource(String imageName, Class cls) {
        try {
            final URL url = cls.getResource(imageName);

            if (url == null) {
                return null;
            }

            Image image = (Image) imageCache.get(url.toString());

            if (image == null) {
                image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(url);
                imageCache.put(url.toString(), image);
            }

            return image;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return null;
    }
}

Related

1. loadFromURL(String url)
2. loadImage(byte[] data)
3. loadImage(ClassLoader classLoader, String path)
4. loadImage(File file)