How to read files from dist folder java

Question

This is probably a repeated question asked by several people, but i could not understand after searching the answers.

netbeans creates a folder dist after a build operation. I want to place a text file in that folder, the jar file should read the text file.

The target platforms are windows and linux

structure of the folders,

.java file  =  C:\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\Example\src\example
 build folder = C:\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\Example
 build folder contains classes folder. classes folder contains all the class files
 dist folder = C:\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\Example
 dist folder contains the .jar files and i want to place a text file inside this folder

the,

 getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("example.txt");

seems to work only if the path is along with .java files.

Thanks

Not too sure if you can directly load it as "example.txt" with no directories, but if you create a folder inside dist - ie "Text files" you can do /textfiles/example.txt — Jimmt, Sep 02 '12 at 03:41
So you may be able to load it directly, but I'm too lazy to try it... — Jimmt, Sep 02 '12 at 03:42

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 30 '18 at 06:15

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To read some files from inside jar you should do:

getClass().getResourceAsStream("path/to/file");

See:File loading by getClass().getResource()

answered Nov 30 '18 at 06:15

Nick

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