Java ImageIcon createNonCachedImageIcon(File file)

Description

ImageIcon's constructors use MediaTracker to load an image, which is cached.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static ImageIcon createNonCachedImageIcon(File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w w  w.  ja va  2s  .  com
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import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;

import javax.swing.ImageIcon;

public class Main {
    /**
     * ImageIcon's constructors use MediaTracker to load an image, which is cached. As a result, subsequent changes on
     * the content of the image do not show up. This method uses ImageIO class to remove the caching effect. Caution:
     * You should NOT use this method to create ImageIcon's whose content will NOT change.
     */
    public static ImageIcon createNonCachedImageIcon(File file) {
        try {
            return new ImageIcon(ImageIO.read(file));
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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