Apply Image as background to JPanel [RESOLVED]

[Ruku]

How can I apply an image as a background to a JPanel? I can do this fine with the graphic object, but it's drawing is temporary... so I thought of getting to do a new class extending JPanel...

what I got so far is this:

package rukupaint;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;

public class clsPaintPanel extends JPanel {
    
    /** Creates a new instance of clsPaintPanel */
    public clsPaintPanel() {
    }

    protected void paintComponent (Graphics g) {
        super.paintComponent (g);

        if (this.image != null) {
            Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
            int iw = this.image.getWidth(this);
            int ih = this.image.getHeight(this);
            int w = iw != 0 ? iw : 1;
            int h = ih != 0 ? ih : 1;
            double sx = ((double) getWidth()) / ((double) w);
            double sy = ((double) getHeight()) / ((double) h);
            AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform ();

            if (this.maintainAspectRatio) {
                sx = sy = Math.max(sx, sy);
            }
            
            at.scale(sx, sy);
            g2d.drawImage(this.image, at, this);
        }
    }
}

I've seen this on another forum, I do not claim the code to be mine, I just need to understand how to logically solve my problem...

But there doesn't seem to be an "image" property to the JPanel...

help on this would be appreciated!!!

(By the way if there is some object I havn't seen that runs a background picture property, don't hesitate sharing the class/object, thx!!!)