PeopleSoft wants to be able to set an image as the background for a applet or application simply. Resizing the background image to conform to a resize of the container is one piece of wallpaper functionality; being able to tile the image to conform to a resize is another important function.

The customer would like to be able to do both in Java using an API.

Name: dbT83986 Date: 04/13/99


Right now, we can make a JLabel which displays a single
IconImage. Another useful component would be one that tiles its
image. It would fill all the available space with the tiled
image.

Here's an example of how I would use this:

Suppose I have an icon in the left corner of a panel which goes
in the NORTH end of a BorderLayout. I don't want the rest of the
space to be a solid color. I would shove the icon into the WEST
end of this North panel, and I would put the tiled icon into its
center. Then I would place this entire panel into the NORTH end
of another panel.
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