Java ImageIcon Load getImageIcon(String path, String description)

Description

Returns an ImageIcon, or null if the path was invalid.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
path	can't be <code>null</code> or whitespace, use forward slashes even on Windows systems
description	a parameter

Return

see above

Declaration

static ImageIcon getImageIcon(String path, String description) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.net.URL;

import javax.swing.ImageIcon;

public class Main {
    /**/*from w  w  w.j  av  a 2s.c o m*/
     * Returns an ImageIcon, or null if the path was invalid.
     * 
     * @param path can't be <code>null</code> or whitespace, use
     *    forward slashes even on Windows systems
     * @param description
     * @return see above
     */
    static ImageIcon getImageIcon(String path, String description) {
        // Check path is valid
        if (path == null || path.trim().length() == 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid file path: " + path);
        }

        URL imgURL = ClassLoader.getSystemResource(path);
        if (imgURL != null) {
            return new ImageIcon(imgURL, description);
        }

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

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