Comment charger une image dans une applet

package com.example.applet;

import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Image;

public class AppletExample1 extends Applet {

    Image img;

    public void init(){
       img = getImage(getDocumentBase(), "http://www.example.com/image/mypic.jpg");
    }

    public void paint(Graphics g) {
       g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, this);
    }
}