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Re: Main class directory

le 31/08/03 19:02, Rob Ross ` email@hidden a icrit :

> The file path and class path are two distinct concepts. Keep in mind what
> you are trying to do will fail if your classes are in a jar file; the file
> system doesn't recognize a jar as a "file system" - it's just a single file,
> so it can't look inside to find individual files.
>
> The way to do what you want is to use getResource() method of Class. Ie,
>
> URL someObject.getClass().getResource(com.myPacackageList.foo.myFile);
>
> then you can call openStream() on the URL to get an InputStream to your
> "file".
>
> Or you could also just call getResourceAsStream() of Class, and get an
> InputStream directly.
>
> But the key here is you won't be able to work with a File object, you'll
> have an InputStream, but that is something you can work with.
>
> Again, if your file is part of a jar archive, it's not accessible by any
> file-system calls.
>
> Rob
>

The file itself is not in the .jar. What I'm interested in is the path of
the .jar. I understand I can it from the URL of the resource.

Thanks,

Eric
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