Icon path for JFrame

Question

I need image icon on jframe but I dont want to give path. I am using this

jLabel1.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon("C:\\Users\\ABC\\Desktop\\folder name\\1.jpg"));

Because every system has different path and this is the reason I can not compile this on other system(computer). I need some way so I can set image icon through file name only. And the image is in src folder.

Answer 1

Read the Image as an embedded resource. The new images folder shown here just needs to be available on the classpath

public class ImageApp {

    public static void main(String[] args)  {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                Image image = null;
                try {
                  image = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("/images/1.png"));
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

                JFrame frame = new JFrame("Image App");
                frame.add(new JLabel(new ImageIcon(image)));
                frame.pack();
                frame.setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }
}