ImagePanel.java

/**
 * ImagePanel.java
 * Authors: Clara Smith and Cali Stenson
 * Date: December 8, 2013
 *
 * MODIFIED VERSION OF various code found online
 *
 * ImagePanel creates a JPanel with an image as the background
 */

import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Image;

import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class ImagePanel extends JPanel {

  private Image img;

  public ImagePanel(String img) {
    this(new ImageIcon(img).getImage());
  }

  public ImagePanel(Image img) {
    this.img = img;
    Dimension size = new Dimension(img.getWidth(null), img.getHeight(null));
    setPreferredSize(size);
    setMinimumSize(size);
    setMaximumSize(size);
    setSize(size);
    setLayout(null);
  }

  public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
    g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, null);
  }
  
  public void setImage(String img) {
    Image newImg = new ImageIcon(img).getImage();
    this.img = newImg;
  }

}