Problem accessing file from jar file in Java

Question

I have a jar called App.jar and it's structure is as follows

App.jar
    |
    |
    |---xyzfolder
    |       |
    |       |--config
    |            |
    |            |--config.properties 
    |  
    | 
    |---com (contains classes)
          |
          |--MyClass.class

Now what I want is that I want to access config.properties file from MyClass.class

I've tried getClassLoader().getResources("config.properties") which gives nullpointerexception error. — Ankit
– Ankit, Commented Apr 26, 2011 at 11:35
Thats because you need to specify the path. Its not in the same package — Wes
– Wes, Commented Apr 26, 2011 at 11:41

Johan Sjöberg · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-27 22:02:14Z

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Have you tried the following?

this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("classpath:/xyzfolder/config/config.properties");

see http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/ClassLoader.html#getSystemResourceAsStream%28java.lang.String%29

edited Aug 27, 2014 at 22:02

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answered Apr 26, 2011 at 11:40

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