OpenImageLabel.java

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.MediaTracker;
import java.awt.Toolkit;

public class OpenImageLabel extends JLabel {
    JLabel label;
    BufferedImage bimage;
    ImageIcon iconimage;
    Image displayImage;
    BufferedImage biSrc, biDest;
    BufferedImage bi;
    Graphics2D big;

public OpenImageLabel(){
    this.setBackground(Color.RED);
    iconimage = new ImageIcon();

    }

    public OpenImageLabel(Image image){

        ImageIcon newimage = new (Image)(image);


    }


    public void setPane(BufferedImage image){
        //Doesn't work
        validate();
        }

    public void setPane(ImageIcon image){
        this.setIcon(image);
        validate();
        }


    public void openFile(File file){
        String filename = (file.getPath());
        //iconimage = new ImageIcon(filename);

        try {
            image = ImageIO.read(file);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        displayImage = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(filename);
        MediaTracker mt = new MediaTracker(this);
        try {
             mt.waitForAll();
            } catch (Exception e) {
              System.out.println("Exception while loading.");
            }
        //Image image = toImage(displayImage);
        this.setPane(displayImage);

    }

      public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
            super.paintComponent(g);
            Graphics2D g2D = (Graphics2D) g;
            g2D.drawImage(bi, 0, 0, this);
          }

    // This method returns an Image object from a buffered image
      public static Image toImage(BufferedImage bufferedImage) {
          return Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(bufferedImage.getSource());
      }


    public void rotateImage(){
        //This is where we will rotate the image
            int w = bimage.getWidth();
            int h = bimage.getHeight();
            BufferedImage dimg = dimg = new BufferedImage(w, h, bimage.getType());
            Graphics2D g = dimg.createGraphics();
            g.rotate(Math.toRadians(90), w/2, h/2);
            g.drawImage(bimage, null, 0, 0);
            iconimage = (new ImageIcon(dimg));
            //setPane(iconimage);
        }

}