.getResource could not find the file in the resouce folder

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This may have been asked a lot but for some reason, my getResource method could not find the file in my resource folder. The file is in programfolder/resources/images/drag.png. My getResource code is:

SidebarItem.bufferedImage = ImageIO.read(Main.class.getResource("/images/drag.png"));

my classpath is:

<classpathentry kind="src" path="src"/>
<classpathentry kind="src" path="resources"/>

Whenever I run the main class it always throw an exception because it could find the drag.png file. Thanks

Possibly related: [Loading image resource](https://stackoverflow.com/q/9864267) — Pshemo, Sep 09 '18 at 11:30
i just run it through my IDE.. should I create an executable jar instead? — , Sep 09 '18 at 11:35
try Main.class.getResource("images/drag.png") without slash at the beginning — MohammadReza Alagheband, Sep 09 '18 at 11:36
i tried removing the slash before images but it still doesnt work for some reason — , Sep 09 '18 at 11:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '18 at 11:36

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Try using this code:

ClassLoader cl = Main.class.getClassLoader();
SidebarItem.bufferedImage = ImageIO.read(cl.getResourceAsStream("images/drag.png"));

answered Sep 09 '18 at 11:36

Yug Singh

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still does not work.. but theoretically, given the location of my file and my code it should work right? – Sep 09 '18 at 11:52
Yes it should. The only thing I could see wrong was `/images/drag.png`. – Yug Singh Sep 09 '18 at 11:53
You don’t need to give a ‘/‘ there before images. – Yug Singh Sep 09 '18 at 11:57

.getResource could not find the file in the resouce folder

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