creation of the drawable Element class

src/tanks/DrawableElement.java

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+/*
+5-21-16
+jeffery R
+super class for every object in DynamicBinding
+allows for every object to have an image that can be drawn
+every object will also have a (x,y) cordinate on the screen 
+*/
+package tanks;
+
+import java.awt.Graphics;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+
+
+public abstract class DrawableElement
+{
+    //fields
+    public String imageLocation;
+    public int x,y;
+    public BufferedImage img;
+    
+    //draws img onto the screen
+    public void Draw(Graphics g)
+    {
+        g.drawImage(img, x, y, null);
+    }
+    
+    //loads the image from the disk into the Buffered image img
+    public void LoadImage()
+    {
+        img = null;
+        try
+        {
+            img = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResourceAsStream(imageLocation));
+            //img = ImageIO.read(new File(imageLoc));
+        }
+        catch(IOException e)
+        {
+            System.out.println(e.toString());
+        }
+    }
+}