import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.image.FilteredImageSource;
import java.awt.image.RGBImageFilter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
public class ImageUtil {
/**
* Returns an image resource.
*
* @param filename the filename of the image to load
* @return the loaded image
*/
public static Image getImage(String filename) {
URL url = ImageUtil.class.getResource(filename);
if (url == null) {
return null;
}
try {
final BufferedImage result = ImageIO.read(url);
if (result == null) {
final String message = "Could not load image: " + filename;
throw new Error();
}
return result;
} catch (IOException e) {
return null;
}
}
}