public DatabaseConnection()  //constructor method: sets up connection
      {
         try
         {
         String url = "jdbc:odbc:DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=XXXX";
         String nam = "name";
         String pass = "password";
            Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection(
               url,nam,pass);
         
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Connection successful");
         }
         
             catch (ClassNotFoundException c)
            {
               JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Unable to load database driver");
            }
         
             catch(Exception e)
            
               JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Failed to get connection:\n"+e);
            }
      }

Image[] imgArr = new Image[3];//An array of 3 images, the images for your animation.
int currentImage=0;//An integer representing the current image.

public void changeImg()//A method to change the image to be displayed
{
currentImage++;//Increase the current image variable

if(currentImage==3)//If the current image is '3', which cant be used to get the image later, set it to 0.
currentImage=0;
}

public Image getImage()
{
return imgArr[currentImage];
}