Here you can find the source of loadImage(Object parent, String pathToImage)
public static BufferedImage loadImage(Object parent, String pathToImage)
//package com.java2s; /**/*from w w w.ja v a 2 s .co m*/ * Copyright (C) 2015 Marek Kou?il <marek.kouril.st@vsb.cz> * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. */ import javax.imageio.ImageIO; import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.image.BufferedImage; import java.io.*; public class Main { public static BufferedImage loadImage(Object parent, String pathToImage) { BufferedImage bufferedImage = null; ImageIcon imageIcon = null; try { InputStream inputStream = parent.getClass().getResourceAsStream(pathToImage); bufferedImage = ImageIO.read(inputStream); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return bufferedImage; } }