set the background of a JPanel with an image

[Peter Primrose]

condsider this:

JPanel p = new JPanel();
p.setBackground(Color.GREEN);

is there anyway to set the background to an image?

I'm looking from some more living colors other than the spectrum provided by swing.

thanks
ppr

[Stuart Gray]

I don't think so, but you could maybe fudge it using an ImageIcon.

[miguel lisboa]

 
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 
class Painel extends JPanel {
 
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
 
Image imagem = new ImageIcon("MyImage.jpg").getImage();
 
g.drawImage(imagem, 0, 0, this);
 
}
 
}