Using/Adding Images in Eclipse

This is one of the challenges that most of the beginners using Eclipse face.There are a number of ways to do so but I will describe one of the easiest methods to accomplish the task.
The steps are as follows :

1. In the Package Explorer located on the left, right-click on the src folder of your project.
2. Click on the Import option.
3. In the Import Dialog Box, choose General -> File System and click Next.
4. In the From Directory option click on browse and select the folder in which your image/resource file resides.
5. Tick the image/resource files you want to add to your project.
6. In the Into Directory option add a folder named "resources" under src so that the into folder now reads <Project-name>/src/resources.
7. Click the Finish button.
8. Now you will see the desired image/resource file under <Project-name>/src/resources.
   
9. Now wherever in your code you need to provide the name of the image/resource file use the following:
   For example if your image file is “picture.jpg”, use
   this.getClass().getResource(“/resources/picture.jpg”)
10. For instance to use the “picture.jpg” as an icon we use:
    ImageIcon img = new ImageIcon(this.getClass().getResource(“/resources/picture.jpg”)) ;

Hope this helps…