Application: gvSIG desktop

package org.gvsig.gui.beans.swing.jComboBoxWithImageIconItems;

import javax.swing.ImageIcon;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

/* gvSIG. Sistema de Informaci?n Geogr?fica de la Generalitat Valenciana

 *

 * Copyright (C) 2004 IVER T.I. and Generalitat Valenciana.

 *

 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License

 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2

 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 *

 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

 * GNU General Public License for more details.

 *

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307,USA.

 *

 * For more information, contact:

 *

 *  Generalitat Valenciana

 *   Conselleria d'Infraestructures i Transport

 *   Av. Blasco Ib??ez, 50

 *   46010 VALENCIA

 *   SPAIN

 *

 *      +34 963862235

 *   gvsig@gva.es

 *      www.gvsig.gva.es

 *

 *    or

 *

 *   IVER T.I. S.A

 *   Salamanca 50

 *   46005 Valencia

 *   Spain

 *

 *   +34 963163400

 *   dac@iver.es

 */

/**

 * This class has an static method that is an utility to load an image icon 

 * 

 * @author Pablo Piqueras Bartolom? (p_queras@hotmail.com)

 */

public class ImageIconItemInfoUtils {

        // TRACE - DEBUG

        private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ImageIconItemInfoUtils.class.getClass());

        // END TRACE - DEBUG

    /**

     * Returns an ImageIcon, or null if the path from class reference was invalid.

     * 

     * @param class_Reference A reference to a class which path will be the base to find the resource of the 'path' param

     * @param path Path to the image to load

     * @return javax.swing.ImageIcon

     */

    public static ImageIcon createImageIcon(Class class_Reference, String path) {

            java.net.URL imgURL = class_Reference.getResource(path);

        if (imgURL != null) {

            return new ImageIcon(imgURL);

        } else {

                logger.debug("Couldn't find file: " + path);

            return null;

        }

    }

}