Rotating an image nuisance

Question

Alright guys i'm trying to make an Asteroids type game and I need to be able to rotate an image around so that the front of the ship follows my mouse. I have looked for a few hours now and have found a couple of things but none that satisfy my needs.

If anyone knows how to do this please share!

thanks in advance

here is the code i have now

package Asteroids;

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;

    import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
    import javax.swing.JFrame;

    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
    public class Asteroids extends JFrame implements Runnable, MouseListener,
            MouseMotionListener, KeyListener {

        private Image dbImage;
        private Graphics dbg;
        int x, y, mx, my;
        int a, b, c, degree;
        double scale = 1.0;
        ImageIcon shipIcon = new ImageIcon(this.getClass().getClassLoader()
                .getResource("AstroidsShip.png"));
        Image ship = shipIcon.getImage();

        public static void main(String[] args) {
            Asteroids frame = new Asteroids();
            Thread thread = new Thread(frame);
            thread.start();
        }

        public Asteroids() {
            addMouseListener(this);
            addMouseMotionListener(this);
            addKeyListener(this);

            setTitle("Astroids");
            setSize(500, 500);
            setBackground(Color.WHITE);
            setResizable(false);
            setLocationRelativeTo(null);
            setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
            setVisible(true);

            x = getWidth() / 2 - 10;
            y = getHeight() - getHeight() / 2;
        }

        public void run() {
            while (true) {
                try {

                } catch (Exception e) {

                }
            }
        }

        public void paint(Graphics g) {
            dbImage = createImage(getWidth(), getHeight());
            dbg = dbImage.getGraphics();
            paintComponent(dbg);
            g.drawImage(dbImage, 0, 0, this);
        }

        public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
            g.drawString("POS: " + mx + ", " + my, 10, 40);
            System.out.println(getAngle());
            g.drawImage(ship, x, y, this);
            g.drawLine(x + 12, y + 10, mx, my);
            repaint();
        }

        public int getAngle() {
            a = mx - (x + 12);
            b = (y - 10) - my;
            return degree = (int) Math.toDegrees(Math.atan2(b, a));
        }

        @Override
        public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {

        }

        @Override
        public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {

        }

        @Override
        public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {

        }

        @Override
        public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {

        }

        @Override
        public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
            mx = e.getX();
            my = e.getY();
        }

        @Override
        public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {

        }

        @Override
        public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {

        }

        @Override
        public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {

        }

        @Override
        public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {

        }

        @Override
        public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {

        }
    }

Answer 1

You can use Java2D. It allows to rotate the image and do a lot lot of other cool operations on the image. It also have got hardware acceleration support (through DirectX or OpenGL).

Java2D is built-in in JRE.