Java: How to package and access resources inside a runnable Jar file?

Question

I have a Java console applicaton with a resources folder. It works OK, but when I want to export my code to a runnable Jar file(with Eclipse), then the exported Jar can not find the files(they are in buildpath) and give a Filenotfound exception.

When I unzip the exported Jar file I can see the files are there in the root folder, so I guess something wrong with my code.

BufferedReader srcFile = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("resources/"+filename));
String line = srcFile.readLine();

I tried to use

URL url= ClassLoader.getSystemResource(filename);
filename=url.tostring();

But no luck.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 29 '12 at 17:11

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Use getResourceAsStream(String) (docs) if you want to read in a resource on the classpath.

answered Jan 29 '12 at 17:11

Dave Newton

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@iPhoneDeveloper http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5200187/convert-inputstream-to-bufferedreader – Dave Newton Jan 29 '12 at 17:20

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