So I have successfully implemented a search feature into my tiny program but when I click the button to sort, it works fine but the images don't display. In the columns called "A" and "B", images are supposed to show up but they don't. http://i46.tinypic.com/2mx3og8.jpg .

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Cursor;
import java.awt.Desktop;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JEditorPane;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.RowFilter;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import javax.swing.event.HyperlinkEvent;
import javax.swing.event.HyperlinkListener;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.TableColumn;
import javax.swing.table.TableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableRowSorter;

public class sorter extends JFrame {

    public sorter() {
    initComponents();                                                
 }      

private void initComponents() {

    panel = new JPanel();
    logo = new JLabel();
    pane = new JScrollPane();      
    search = new JTextField();
    search_button = new JButton();

    setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    setBackground(new Color(255, 255, 204));
    setResizable(false);

    panel.setBackground(new Color(51, 51, 51));
    panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(290, 90));                

    javax.swing.GroupLayout panelLayout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(panel);
    panel.setLayout(panelLayout);
    panelLayout.setHorizontalGroup(
        panelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
        .addGroup(panelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
            .addGap(198, 198, 198)
            .addComponent(logo)
            .addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
    );
    panelLayout.setVerticalGroup(
        panelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
        .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, panelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
            .addContainerGap(0, Short.MAX_VALUE)
            .addComponent(logo)
            .addContainerGap())
    );

    search.setText("Search");
    search.setToolTipText("");
    search.setBorder(new javax.swing.border.SoftBevelBorder(javax.swing.border.BevelBorder.LOWERED));
    search.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(30, 15));

    search_button.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/search.JPG"))); // NOI18N
    search_button.setAlignmentY(0.0F);
        search_button.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(javax.swing.border.BevelBorder.RAISED));
    search_button.setContentAreaFilled(false);
    search_button.setIconTextGap(1);
    search_button.setMargin(new java.awt.Insets(1, 4, 1, 4));
    search_button.setMaximumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(5, 30));
    search_button.setMinimumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(5, 30));
    search_button.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(30, 20));

    javax.swing.GroupLayout panelLayout1 = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(panel);
    panel.setLayout(panelLayout1);
    panelLayout1.setHorizontalGroup(
        panelLayout1.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
        .addGroup(panelLayout1.createSequentialGroup()
            .addGroup(panelLayout1.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                .addGroup(panelLayout1.createSequentialGroup()
                    .addGap(25, 25, 25)
                    .addComponent(search, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 400, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addGap(0, 0, 0)
                    .addComponent(search_button, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addGroup(panelLayout1.createSequentialGroup()
                    .addGap(174, 174, 174)
                    .addComponent(logo)))
            .addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
    );
    panelLayout1.setVerticalGroup(
        panelLayout1.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
        .addGroup(panelLayout1.createSequentialGroup()
            .addGap(5, 5, 5)
            .addComponent(logo)
            .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
            .addGroup(panelLayout1.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                .addComponent(search, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addComponent(search_button, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 26, Short.MAX_VALUE))
            .addContainerGap())
    );

    ImageIcon Icon1 = getImage("lemon.jpg");
    ImageIcon Icon2 = getImage("apple.jpg");
    ImageIcon Icon3 = getImage("orange.jpg");
    ImageIcon Icon4 = getImage("grapes.jpg");
    ImageIcon Icon5 = getImage("banana.jpg");
    ImageIcon Icon6 = getImage("cookies.jpg");


    String[] columnNames = {"A", "Section 1","B", "Section 2"};
    Object[][] data =
    {
{Icon1, "Lemon",                    Icon2, "Grapes"},
{Icon3, "Apple",                    Icon4, "Banana"},
{Icon5, "Orange",                   Icon6, "Cookies"},



   };
    DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(data, columnNames);
    JTable table = new JTable(model)

    {

        public Class getColumnClass(int column)
        {
            return getValueAt(0, column).getClass();
        }
        public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int col) {  
               return false; 
        }

    };
    class MultiLineCellRenderer extends JTextArea implements TableCellRenderer {

          public MultiLineCellRenderer() {
            setLineWrap(true);
            setWrapStyleWord(true);
            setOpaque(true);                

          }

          public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value,
                  boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) {
                if (isSelected) {
                  setForeground(table.getSelectionForeground());
                  setBackground(table.getSelectionBackground());
                } else {
                  setForeground(table.getForeground());
                  setBackground(table.getBackground());
                }
                setFont(table.getFont());
                if (hasFocus) {
                  setBorder(UIManager.getBorder("Table.focusCellHighlightBorder"));
                  if (table.isCellEditable(row, column)) {
                    setForeground(UIManager.getColor("Table.focusCellForeground"));
                    setBackground(UIManager.getColor("Table.focusCellBackground"));
                  }
                } else {
                  setBorder(new EmptyBorder(1, 2, 1, 2));
                }
                setText((value == null) ? "" : value.toString());
                return this;
              }
            }


    // Sorter Code. Images show up when this code gets taken out.
    table = new JTable(model);
    final TableRowSorter<TableModel> sorter = new TableRowSorter<TableModel>(model);
    table.setRowSorter(sorter);
    search_button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
          String text = search.getText();
          if (text.length() == 0) {
            sorter.setRowFilter(null);
          } else {
            sorter.setRowFilter(RowFilter.regexFilter(text));
          }
        }
      });
   // sorter code ends here.


    table.setRowHeight(50);
    pane.setViewportView(table);
    table.setBackground(new Color(255, 255, 204));
    table.setDefaultRenderer(String.class, new MultiLineCellRenderer());                    

    table.getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setResizable(false);
    table.getColumnModel().getColumn(1).setResizable(false);
    table.getColumnModel().getColumn(2).setResizable(false);
    table.getColumnModel().getColumn(3).setResizable(false);
    table.setFocusable(false);
    table.setRowSelectionAllowed(false);

    table.setAutoResizeMode(JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_OFF);
    int vColIndex = 0;
    TableColumn col = table.getColumnModel().getColumn(vColIndex);
    int width = 33;
    col.setPreferredWidth(width);

    int vColIndex1 = 1;
    TableColumn col1 = table.getColumnModel().getColumn(vColIndex1);
    int width1 = 216;
    col1.setPreferredWidth(width1);

    int vColIndex11 = 2;
    TableColumn col11 = table.getColumnModel().getColumn(vColIndex11);
    int width11 = 33;
    col11.setPreferredWidth(width11);

    int vColIndex111 = 3;
    TableColumn col111 = table.getColumnModel().getColumn(vColIndex111);
    int width111 = 216;
    col111.setPreferredWidth(width111);

    javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
    getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
    layout.setHorizontalGroup(
        layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
        .addComponent(panel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 500, Short.MAX_VALUE)
        .addComponent(pane)

    );
    layout.setVerticalGroup(
        layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
        .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, layout.createSequentialGroup()
            .addComponent(panel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
            .addGap(0, 0, Short.MAX_VALUE)
            .addComponent(pane, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 250, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
            .addGap(0, 0, Short.MAX_VALUE)
            .addGap(0, 0, Short.MAX_VALUE))
    );

    pack();
}  

   private ImageIcon getImage(String path)
{
       java.net.URL url = getClass().getResource(path);
   if (url != null)
       return (new ImageIcon(url));
   else
   {
       System.out.println(url);
       return null;
   }
 }

public static void main(String args[]) {

    try {
        for (javax.swing.UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info : javax.swing.UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
            if ("Windows".equals(info.getName())) {
                javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());
                break;
            }
        }
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
        java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(sorter.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
    } catch (InstantiationException ex) {
        java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(sorter.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
    } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
        java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(sorter.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
    } catch (javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
        java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(sorter.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
    }        

    java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

        public void run() {
            new sorter().setVisible(true);                

        }
    });
}


private JLabel logo;
private JScrollPane pane;
private JPanel panel;
private JTable table;    
private JTextField search;
private JButton search_button;


}

Nevermind, I found it myself.

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