Can't load image - image not found

Question

I am trying to load an image as part of my platformer, but it cant seam to find the image, I put it into the default package, which is the same as the class

public BufferedImage loadImage() {
  try {
    BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(new File("level.jpg"));
    System.out.println("Level Found!");
    return img;

  } catch (IOException e) {
    System.out.println("Level Missing!");
    return null;
  }
}

Often it's better to get your resources such as images as, well, as resources. — Hovercraft Full Of Eels, Nov 28 '13 at 13:07
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18250236/java-images-not-drawn-when-running-java-jar/18250364#18250364 — Luca Basso Ricci, Nov 28 '13 at 13:14
By the time of deployment, those resources will likely become an [tag:embedded-resource]. That being the case, the resource must be accessed by `URL` instead of `File`. See the [info page](http://stackoverflow.com/tags/embedded-resource/info) for the tag, for a way to form an `URL`. — Andrew Thompson, Nov 28 '13 at 13:17

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 28 '13 at 13:01

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If you reference your files like this new File("level.jpg") you have to put those files into the current directory. In most cases it's not the default package directory.

For example using Eclipse your typical directory structure would be like this:

+ MyProject
  |
  + src
    |
    + org/mypackage1
    + org/mypackage2

In order to get new File("level.jpg") to work you have to put level.jpg into the project root directory, like this

+ MyProject
  |
  + src
  | |
  | + org/mypackage1
  | + org/mypackage2
  |
  + level.jpg

answered Nov 28 '13 at 13:01

Boris Brodski

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You mean the src directory instead of project root – Keerthivasan Nov 28 '13 at 13:05
I meant project root. Src directory is the default package. Just click `edit` button below the answer to see the "source code". It's very easy to draw such ascii graphics :-) – Boris Brodski Nov 28 '13 at 13:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 28 '13 at 13:08

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Use get resource method of the class loader

answered Nov 28 '13 at 13:08

user3041058

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Yours is a good suggestion -- can you expand on it a bit more by providing a little more detail for the original poster's benefit? – Hovercraft Full Of Eels Nov 28 '13 at 13:11
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@HovercraftFullOfEels Good point. I added a comment that says much the same thing, but is more detailed than this entire answer! – Andrew Thompson Nov 28 '13 at 13:18

Can't load image - image not found

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