protected BufferedImage getImage(Object imageSource) { if (imageSource instanceof String) { String path = (String) imageSource; Object streamOrException = WWIO.getFileOrResourceAsStream(path, this.getClass()); if (streamOrException == null || streamOrException instanceof Exception) { Logging.logger() .log( java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, "generic.ExceptionAttemptingToReadImageFile", streamOrException != null ? streamOrException : path); return null; } try { return ImageIO.read((InputStream) streamOrException); } catch (Exception e) { Logging.logger() .log( java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, "generic.ExceptionAttemptingToReadImageFile", path); return null; } } else if (imageSource instanceof BufferedImage) { return (BufferedImage) imageSource; } return null; }