访问JAR文件中的资源

Question

I'm trying to access resources that I have embedded in a JAR file. The class that needs to access a file is:

/worldEntities/factories/RoomFactory.class

and it tries to access:

/map-data/roomDescriptions.xml

To do this, I have added the following code to RoomFactory.class:

Document doc = docBuilder.parse(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/map-data" + File.separator + "roomDescriptions.xml"));

When I execute the project in NetBeans, it works fine with no errors. However, when I attempt to run the code from the command line, by entering

java -jar Program.jar

I get a java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: InputStream cannot be null, and it points the code that I describe above.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Thomas

Answer 1

You need to make sure you bundle the resource with the .jar, otherwise it won't be found

This post should help on how to do it from NetBeans

Answer 2

1. Name with "-" char are not valid Java package name. So "map-data" is not a valid package name.

2. Then File.separator could be different on different platforms. Use "/" in your code to be sure to use the valid package separator.