ClassLoader shows wrong path on Linux

Question

I am using classLoader to load xml files located under /src/XMLS :

String m_path = "XMLS/file.xml"

ClassLoader cl = getClass.getClassLoader();
file f1 = new file(cl.getResource(m_path).getFile));

Running on windows it works fine but after export to jar and running it on Linux I get FileNotFoundException - /XMLS/file.xml. I had tried this solutions and I dont think that the problem is in the read from the .jar file. any other ideas for what I am doing wrong?

Are you running it the same way both on Win and Linux? Or are you only running the exported JAR on Linux, and using some other way on Win? Is your classpath set properly when executing the JAR on Linux? — Jiri Tousek, Mar 07 '16 at 14:33
File names in linux are case sensitive, while on windows they are not - could it be that the cases don't match? — Dezza, Mar 07 '16 at 14:34
1 -running it the same way on both machines. 2 - I belive it is. — Itsik Mauyhas, Mar 07 '16 at 14:34
What is the Java commandline you are using to execute on Linux? — Jose Martinez, Mar 07 '16 at 14:35
@Dezza - I dont think so, I am reading the file from the jar(at least I hope so). — Itsik Mauyhas, Mar 07 '16 at 14:38
`sh scipt_name.sh` is *not* a Java command line. We need to know the actual command used to run the JAR, even if it's in some shell script. — Jiri Tousek, Mar 07 '16 at 14:39

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 07 '16 at 15:02

This will not work for a resource inside a jar file, which is not a file on the filesystem. Instead, you need to use getResourceAsStream(), which returns an InputStream to use directly:

InputStream in = someClass.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("/XMLS/file.xml");

ClassLoader shows wrong path on Linux

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