public Image image(final String resourceName) {
		final URL imageUrl = getClass().getResource(resourceName);

		if (imageUrl != null) {

			try {
				return ImageIO.read(imageUrl);
			} catch (IOException e) {
				logger.error("Could not load image: " + resourceName, e);
			}
		}
		return null;
	}
Returns an {@link Image} from a given resource name. If the resource does
not exist, it will return <code>null</code>.

@param resourceName
           a String for the resource name and path.
@return the {@link Image} for the resource name or <code>null</code> if
        the resource was not found
tomighty-swing/src/main/java/org/tomighty/resources/Resources.java