I am working on a note taking application which is supposed to include image ,audio ,video along with text So im including a feature to add links(like in evernote )which should display an icon on clicking which that file should open My question is how write to and read from a file so that when a link is encountered an imageicon mus be displayed in textpane similary a link must be written in the file I am already able to implement text links i want to know how to do the same with images(image links)
You can Use JEditorPane to use the functionality of both text and Images in java . This would also enable you to add support for custom text formats to the components of your application.
For details Refer : http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/editorpane.html