31 Oct 08 How to read a file from the JAR?

Someone just asked me this question today. And I thought might as well put it down for info.

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 public TestReadFileFromJar() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
        InputStream is = getClass().getResource("txtData/states.properties");
        read(is);
}

In the case above txtData is placed in the jar on the root. Remmember to add the path with the /

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Reader's Comments

1. George D | 03 Nov 2008 9:07 pm

   If you are using spring i would use

   import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;

   File file = ResourceUtils.getFile(“classpath:txtData/states.properties”);

   hope this helps

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