StartScreenPanel.java

package view;

import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.LayoutManager;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class StartScreenPanel extends JPanel {
	
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	BufferedImage background = null;


	StartScreenPanel(LayoutManager lm) {
		super(lm);
		background = loadImage("background.jpg");
	}
	
	@Override
	public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
		super.paintComponent(g);
		Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
		g2d.drawImage(background, 0, 0, null);

	}
	
    public BufferedImage loadImage(String fileName) {

        BufferedImage image = null;

        try {
            image = ImageIO.read(new File("src/images/" + fileName));
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return image;
    }

}