getResource puts a leading / before the disk name using java 1.7 windows 7

Question

The following gives a leading slash before the disk name. How can I avoid that?

String pngpath = getClass().getResource("/resources/image.png").getPath();
System.out.println("pngpath = "+pngpath);

Gives:

pngpath = /C:/Users/jgrimsdale/Documents/NetBeansProjects/HelloCV/build/classes/resources/image.png

What happens when you remove the leading slash from your `getResource` statement? — nattyddubbs, Mar 27 '13 at 15:34
I believe that path is still valid, even with the leading `/`. — Sotirios Delimanolis, Mar 27 '13 at 15:35
@SotiriosDelimanolis Apparently not in Java NIO's getPath() http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9834776/java-nio-file-path-issue — DLight, Jan 12 '17 at 11:10

score 35 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 17 '20 at 05:49

35

Use:

String pngpath = getClass().getResource("/resources/image.png").getFile();
File file = new File(pngpath);
System.out.println(file.getAbsolutePath());

edited Sep 17 '20 at 05:49

Dave Jarvis

answered Mar 27 '13 at 15:55

DiogoSantana

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 04 '17 at 09:40

A constructor of File(uri) or File(string) helps to get file object from system dependent path string or URI object.

It is a solution to using the Java Library.

System.out.println(new File("/C:/Users/jgrimsdale").toString())

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 27 '13 at 15:49

-1

you can do this using this code.

System.out.println("pngpath = "+pngpath.substring(1,pngpath.length()));

answered Mar 27 '13 at 15:49

Biswajit

4

this would yield a filenotfound on linux where the leading slash is necessary. @diogosantana 's answer is more platform independant – s.ijpma Aug 11 '15 at 13:35

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