Loading File from source?

[Vladde Nordholm]

Hi, this is my first question on this forum!

My problem is that I want to load an Image from the source directory in Canavas' paint() method.
My code is currently (in a try/catch)

g.drawImage(ImageIO.read(new File(imageLocation)), imageX, imageY, null);

Where imageLocation leads to an image on my HDD ("C:\\Users\\Vladde\\Documents\\Folders-Files\\folder.png").


I've previously made a small program which loads images from the source dir without any problems, and the code is:

JLabel refImage = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(this.getClass().getResource("/images/ref.png")));

But when I tried putting in:

g.drawImage(ImageIO.read(this.getClass().getResource("/images/folder.png")), imageX, imageY, null);

I get the exception: Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: input == null!
The folder setup are the same, so I'm guessing the problem lies within the code.

All help is very appreciated. Thanks.

[Joel Christophel]

I think the problem is not in your code but in the placement of your image.

This is my current setup. The images folder is located in the same directory as my Java file.



Note that I had to use .class since I'm in a static method.

[Campbell Ritchie]

And welcome to the Ranch