JavaFX Exception in Application start method file upload - image

Question

High I've been trying for two days to create a link to a card folder, I'm currently trying to gain add a random card to the interface but I keep on getting an exception I don't understand how my class path is wrong I tried everything any help would be hugely appreciated. I'm at a bit of dead end and I can't find anything that will help with the issue online
my code is as follows
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
//Imports for components in this application.
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.Menu;
import javafx.scene.control.MenuBar;
import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem;
import javafx.scene.control.RadioButton;
import javafx.scene.control.ToggleGroup;
//Imports for images.
import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class HighLowJavafx extends Application {
// Declare labels
Label lblFirst, lblSecond, lblNext;
// Declare Radio Buttons
// radio button 1 with an empty string for its label
RadioButton rb1 = new RadioButton();
// radio button 2 with an empty string for its label
RadioButton rb2 = new RadioButton();
Button btnFirst, btnSecond;
// Declare controls at class scope.
Label lblStatus;
MenuBar mBar;
Image imgRight2;
ImageView imgViewRight;
public HighLowJavafx() {
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
}
#Override
public void init() {
// Instantiate components.
lblFirst = new Label("First Card Dealt:");
lblSecond = new Label("Second Card dealt:");
lblNext = new Label("Next Card Will Be:");
mBar = new MenuBar();
// ------------------------------------------------------------------
// File menu
Menu mnuFile = new Menu("File");
// add new game to file menu
MenuItem newGame = new MenuItem("New Game");
mnuFile.getItems().add(newGame);
// add shuffle to file menu
MenuItem shuffle = new MenuItem("Shuffle");
mnuFile.getItems().add(shuffle);
// add exit to file menu
MenuItem exit = new MenuItem("Exit");
mnuFile.getItems().add(exit);
// Add the menu to the menu bar.
mBar.getMenus().add(mnuFile);
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// Create a help menu.
Menu mnuHelp = new Menu("Help");
// Add menu items to the help menu.
MenuItem aboutItem = new MenuItem("About");
mnuHelp.getItems().add(aboutItem);
aboutItem.setOnAction(ae -> showAboutDialog());
// Add the help menu to the menu bar.
mBar.getMenus().add(mnuHelp);
// ------------------------------------------------------------------
// Add image view
imgViewRight = new ImageView();
// Handle menu events.
newGame.setOnAction(ae -> {
});
}// init()
private void showAboutDialog() {
// Create a new stage and set sizes and title.
Stage dialog = new Stage();
dialog.setWidth(250);
dialog.setHeight(180);
dialog.setTitle("About");
// A label for the dialog.
Label lblAbout = new Label(" Luke Gallagher 2933229 ");
// An OK button for the dialog.
Button btnOK = new Button("OK");
// Handle events (clicks) on the dialog button.
btnOK.setOnAction(ae -> dialog.close());
btnOK.setMinWidth(120);
// Layout for the about dialog.
VBox vbAbout = new VBox();
BorderPane dlgBP = new BorderPane();
dlgBP.setCenter(btnOK);
// The button.
BorderPane bpLbl = new BorderPane();
bpLbl.setCenter(lblAbout);
// Set the padding.
vbAbout.setPadding(new Insets(40));
vbAbout.setSpacing(20);
// Add components.
vbAbout.getChildren().add(bpLbl);
vbAbout.getChildren().add(dlgBP);
// Create a scene.
Scene dlgScene = new Scene(vbAbout);
// Set the scene.
dialog.setScene(dlgScene);
// Show the stage.
dialog.show();
}// showAboutDialog()
public int cardNum() {
int Num = (int) Math.ceil(Math.random() * 52);
return Num;
}
#Override
public void start(Stage pStage) throws Exception {
// Set the title.
pStage.setTitle("Hi-Lo Card Game");
// Set the width and height.
// Width and height.
pStage.setWidth(600);
pStage.setHeight(400);
// images
// fileR = new File("cards/" + cardRight.toString(cardRight)+/".png")
// imgRight2= new Image("cards/2_of_clubs.png");
// imgViewRight.setImage(imgRight2);
// imgRight2= new Image(fileR.toURI().toString());
// imgViewRight.setImage(imgRight2);
// Instantiate components.
lblFirst = new Label("First Card Dealt:");
lblSecond = new Label("Second Card Dealt:");
lblNext = new Label("Next Card Will Be:");
// Start and stop buttons.
btnFirst = new Button("<- Deal First Card");
btnSecond = new Button("Deal Second Card ->");
// Manage button sizes.
btnFirst.setMaxWidth(130);
btnSecond.setMaxWidth(130);
// rb button functionality only one can be selected at once
ToggleGroup group = new ToggleGroup();
RadioButton rb1 = new RadioButton("Higher");
rb1.setToggleGroup(group);
rb1.setSelected(true);
RadioButton rb2 = new RadioButton("Lower");
rb2.setToggleGroup(group);
// Create a layout.
BorderPane bpMain = new BorderPane();
// Add components to the layout.
bpMain.setTop(mBar);
BorderPane.setAlignment(lblSecond, Pos.TOP_RIGHT);
BorderPane.setMargin(lblSecond, new Insets(12, 80, 12, 12));
bpMain.setRight(lblSecond);
VBox pane1 = new VBox();
pane1.getChildren().add(lblNext);
pane1.getChildren().add(rb1);
pane1.getChildren().add(rb2);
pane1.getChildren().add(btnFirst);
pane1.getChildren().add(btnSecond);
pane1.setSpacing(10);
BorderPane.setAlignment(pane1, Pos.CENTER);
BorderPane.setMargin(pane1, new Insets(40, 12, 12, 120));
bpMain.setCenter(pane1);
// images
// final Image img = new Image("cards/"+cardNum()+".png");
final ImageView imgView = new ImageView(".cards");
// vbox2
VBox pane2 = new VBox();
pane2.getChildren().add(lblFirst);
BorderPane.setAlignment(pane2, Pos.TOP_LEFT);
BorderPane.setMargin(pane2, new Insets(12, 12, 12, 12));
bpMain.setLeft(pane2);
// disables max button to keep everything in-line
pStage.resizableProperty().setValue(Boolean.FALSE);
// Create a scene.
Scene s = new Scene(bpMain);
// Set the scene.
pStage.setScene(s);
btnFirst.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
public void handle(ActionEvent e) {
imgView.setImage(new Image("cards/2_of_clubs.png"));
pane2.getChildren().add(imgView);
pane2.getChildren().add(lblFirst);
BorderPane.setAlignment(pane2, Pos.TOP_LEFT);
BorderPane.setMargin(pane2, new Insets(12, 12, 12, 12));
bpMain.setLeft(pane2);
}
});
// Show the stage.
pStage.show();
}// start()
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Launch the application.
launch();
}// main()
}// class
the exceptions and errors I'm getting is as follows
Exception in Application start method
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplicationWithArgs(LauncherImpl.java:389)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication(LauncherImpl.java:328)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper$FXHelper.main(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in Application start method
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:917)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$155(LauncherImpl.java:182)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid URL: Invalid URL or resource not found
at javafx.scene.image.Image.validateUrl(Image.java:1118)
at javafx.scene.image.Image.<init>(Image.java:620)
at javafx.scene.image.ImageView.<init>(ImageView.java:166)
at HighLowJavafx.start(HighLowJavafx.java:267)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication1$162(LauncherImpl.java:863)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runAndWait$175(PlatformImpl.java:326)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$null$173(PlatformImpl.java:295)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$174(PlatformImpl.java:294)
at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$null$148(WinApplication.java:191)
... 1 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid URL or resource not found
at javafx.scene.image.Image.validateUrl(Image.java:1110)
... 12 more
Exception running application HighLowJavafx
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx512M