Re: how to clear the image from jpanel
On 10/28/2010 11:50 AM, John B. Matthews wrote:
In article<ddhyo.3138$lM.1269@newsfe23.iad>,
Knute Johnson<nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> wrote:
On 10/28/2010 6:30 AM, jimgardener wrote:
I have an ImagePanel subclassed from JPanel ,where I can set an image
class ImagePanel extends JPanel{
private BufferedImage bi;
public ImagePanel(){
super();
}
public void setImage(String imagefilename) throws IOException{
bi = ImageIO.read(new File(imagefilename));
this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(bi.getWidth(),bi.getHeight()));
this.revalidate();
this.repaint();
}
@Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
g.setColor(getBackground());
g.fillRect(0,0,getWidth(),getHeight());
g.drawImage(bi,0,0,null);
}
}
I can set the image by giving an image filename.But I wish to clear
the previous image from the panel,thus showing a blank image
panel,if a user supplies an invalid image name. How can I do
this?Can someone please tell me?
[...]
If no image gets loaded, set the reference to null and test for that
in the paintComponent() method and don't draw the image just clear
the background.
Knute's right; and if you forget the test, as I have sometimes done, the
drawImage() method "does nothing if img is null."
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/awt/Graphics.html>
I never noticed that before. I must have been trying to protect against
a NullPointerException that never gets thrown.
--
Knute Johnson
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