Java ImageIcon Create createImageIcon(Class clazz, String path)

Description

Returns an ImageIcon, or throws a RuntimeException if the path was invalid.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
clazz	The class to "baseline" the path off of.
path	The path from the location of the "baseline" class (clazz).

Return

An ImageIcon object.

Declaration

public static ImageIcon createImageIcon(Class clazz, String path) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   w w  w . jav a  2  s .  c  o m*/
 * LastPod is an application used to publish one's iPod play counts to Last.fm.
 * Copyright (C) 2007  Chris Tilden
 *
 * 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 2
 * 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, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 */

import java.net.URL;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns an ImageIcon, or throws a RuntimeException if the path was
     * invalid.
     * @param clazz  The class to "baseline" the path off of.
     * @param path  The path from the location of the "baseline" class (clazz).
     * @return  An ImageIcon object.
     */
    public static ImageIcon createImageIcon(Class clazz, String path) {
        URL imageUrl = clazz.getResource(path);

        if (imageUrl != null) {
            return new ImageIcon(imageUrl);
        }

        throw new RuntimeException("Couldn't find file: " + path);
    }
}

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