try {
// Create a URL for the image's location
java.net.URL url = new java.net.URL(jTextFieldURL.getText());

// Get the image
java.awt.Image image = java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getDefaultToolkit().createImage(url);

} catch (java.net.MalformedURLException e) {
System.out.println(e.toString());
} catch (java.io.IOException e) {
System.out.println(e.toString());
}

e137. Getting an Image from a URL

    try {
        // Create a URL for the image's location
        URL url = new URL("http://hostname:80/image.gif");
    
        // Get the image
        java.awt.Image image = java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getDefaultToolkit().createImage(url);
    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
    } catch (IOException e) {
    }

Open a web page with images (Google image search)

Copy and paste the following into the address bar and hit enter:

javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.images; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i<DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position='absolute'; DIS.left=Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5;DIS.top=Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5}R++} setInterval('A()',5); void( 0 )