MAndViewer/src/Item.java

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.image.AffineTransformOp;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;

import MAndEngine.ImageCreator;

public class Item {

	private static int scaleToHeight;
	
	//cropped to a thumb nail, of size 80*80
	private final BufferedImage thumbnail;
	
	//the original image, not cropped or anything.
	private final BufferedImage image;
	
	//Absolute path, i think.
	private final String path;
	private String name;

	// we need this because im scared.
	// if literally anything in the creating of an item
	// goes MODERATELY wrong, you set this to FALSE.
	// then we don't try and render something that
	// makes no sense.
	// set this to false by the end of the constructor
	// and when it comes back to be added to the list,
	// it'll get thrown out.
	private boolean seemsLegit = true;

	public Item(String path) {

		BufferedImage thumbnail = null;
		BufferedImage image = null;

		try {
			File file = new File(path);
			if (file.isDirectory()) {
				thumbnail = ImageCreator.creatImageWithStripes(Viewer.THUMBNAIL_SIZE, Viewer.THUMBNAIL_SIZE, Color.BLUE);
				
				name = file.getName();
				
			} else {

				// try and do the image thing!
				image = ImageIO.read(file);
				thumbnail = (getScaledImage(image, 80, 80));
				path = file.getAbsolutePath();

				name = "";
			}
		} catch (Exception e) {
			seemsLegit = false;
			System.out.println("wat: " + e.getMessage());
			System.out.println("wat was in " + path);
		}
		
		this.image = image;
		this.path = path;
		this.thumbnail = thumbnail;
	}
	
	public boolean getSeemsLegit() {
		return seemsLegit;
	}

	private static BufferedImage getScaledImage(BufferedImage image, int width, int height) throws IOException {
		
		int imageWidth = image.getWidth();
		int imageHeight = image.getHeight();
		
		double scaleY = (double) height / imageHeight;
		double scaleX = (double) width  / imageWidth ;
		
		//fill or fit bit
		if(scaleX > scaleY) scaleX = scaleY;
		else scaleY = scaleX;
		
		//give us the transform object thing
		AffineTransform scaleTransform = AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(scaleX, scaleY);
		
		//then make the scaling algorithm thing.
		AffineTransformOp bilinearScaleOp = new AffineTransformOp(scaleTransform, AffineTransformOp.TYPE_BILINEAR);
		
		//out new image that we need to crop onto the buffer with the right dimensions.
		BufferedImage newImage = bilinearScaleOp.filter(image, new BufferedImage((int) (imageWidth * scaleX), (int) (imageWidth * scaleY), image.getType()));
		
		//make the buffer
		BufferedImage buffer = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
		Graphics g = buffer.getGraphics();
		
		//do math, shove it on.
		g.drawImage(newImage, (width / 2) + ((width - imageWidth) / 2), (height / 2) + ((height - imageHeight) / 2), null);
		
		//return dat
		return buffer;
	}
	public BufferedImage getImage() {
		return image;
	}

	public BufferedImage getThumbnail() {
		return thumbnail;
	}

	public String getPath() {
		return path;
	}

	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}
}