how to resize image to fit it into a jlabel

i am using a code in which i want to place my opened image in a label but only a portion of the image is being visible.

ImageIcon icon= new ImageIcon(tempfilename.getPath());
l1.setIcon(icon);

(where l1 is a label and tempfilename contains the file i am opening)

how can i resize my image in this code ?

One way: create a BufferedImage of the desired size, call createGraphics() to get a Graphics2D object with which to draw on the BufferedImage, and then use one of the Graphics#drawImage(....) overloads that resizes your image for you.

Moved from Advanced Java.

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