Playing Sound and displaying images!!!!!!!!

[Jyothsna Sri Y]

Hello everyone,
I have a doubt regarding the way to display images and play sound files using java.
I'm importing:
import javax.media.*;
the code is:
private Player p;
p = Manager.createPlayer(f.toURL());
p.addControllerListener(new EventHandler());
p.start();
Will this work in linux. Are methods and classes for playing them same on all platforms??
Another question is: can someone tell me how to display a image from a file using java (in linux)?
Thanks,
Jyothsna.

[Nathan Pruett]

Yes, methods for playing sounds and displaying images should work no matter what platform you are on.

The easiest way to display an image is to create an ImageIcon and add it to a JLabel. The constructor of the ImageIcon can take an absolute or relative filename and will load the image from that file.

ImageIcon image = new ImageIcon( "path/image.jpg" );
JLabel label = new JLabel( image );

Java supports GIF, JPEG, and PNG (since 1.4 ) "out of the box". For other image formats you may have to use JAI (Java Advanced Imaging API) or third-party code.

[Jyothsna Sri Y]

Hi,
Thanks a lot Mr.Pruett. It has worked...
cheers
Jyothsna.