first time GUI'r... trying to reference jpg

[kleaverdevelopment]

this is my first time trying to get an image onto a JFrame... not sure where exactly to save my jpg to in my source folder, and how exactly to reference it in my ImageIcon constructor in order to get to it... any help?

the package7/arnold-deadlift.jpg is my attempt to get to a picture called "arnold... .jpg" which is in package 7, in my src folder, in my java project... if that helps at all on what that folder hierarchy looks like



import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class Gui{
private Image icon;

public static void main(String[]args){
Gui gui = new Gui();
gui.run();
}
public void run(){

JFrame f = new JFrame();
f.setSize(600,600);
f.setVisible(true);
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

NewPanel panel = new NewPanel();

f.add(panel);

}

public class NewPanel extends JPanel{
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
icon = new ImageIcon("package7/arnold-deadlift.jpg").getImage();
g.drawImage(icon,0,0,this);
}
}

}

[camickr]

How to Use Icons (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Using Swing Components)

[Jodokus]

First: use code-tags to make your code readable.

Supposing you use Eclipse and ant:
Where you save your jpg isn't that important.
- If you place it under your src-directory it is copied by Eclipse to your bin-tree when building the project.
- You can also place it in a parallel directory to src and bin, recources for example. Then you must remember to reference it in your ant-script when making a jar.

You can use a small diagnostic method like

	public static void testFile( String filePathAndName){
		File file =new File( filePathAndName);
		String path = file.getAbsolutePath();
		System.out.println( "File: " + filePathAndName + "\n" + "AbsPath: " + path );
	}

(Remove the "static" if you don't use it from a lib but from the class itself)
If you make an ImageIcon (or some other resource) you can call this with the same path to see where the program is looking for it.