How do I properly load a BufferedImage in java?

Question

Okay, so I've been trying to load a BufferedImage using this code:

URL url = this.getClass().getResource("test.png");
BufferedImage img = (BufferedImage) Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(url);

This gives me a type cast error when I run it though, so how do I properly load a BufferedImage?

Answer 1

BufferedImage img = null;
try {
    img = ImageIO.read(new File("D:\\work\\files\\logo.jpg"));
} catch (IOException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Answer 2

Use ImageIO.read() instead:

BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(url);