Is it possible to put text on top of a image in a button?

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Published on 2010-04-26T12:43:55Z Indexed on 2010/04/26 15:33 UTC
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I have .jpg images in my buttons. I also would like to put some text on top of the images. I use the following syntax for that:

JButton btn = new JButton(label,icon);

But I do not see text in the buttons (only image). What am I doing wrong?

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