[gcormier]

Hi. Havin some general java problems 😉

I have a Project say “HelloWorld”. It uses, let’s say, Poems.jar. Inside poems.jar we have

test.poems.FunPoems.xml

I want to load this XML file inside of HelloWorld. Trying a simple loading of resource gives “Resource not found”.

Do I have to do some fancy dynamic-class loading stuff? 😐 I’m assuming resource loads check the actual path of your project, but they won’t look in the JAR files like it would for a .class file? Any ideas?

Thanks,
Greg

[Riyad Kalla]

Greg,
I know I’ve needed to refer to some docs when trying to do this in the past, best bet is Dr. Google: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=loading+XML+from+JAR+file&btnG=Google+Search

[gcormier]

🙂 I came across the same pages last night while googling 😛

What I end up doing is putting a dummy class inside that JAR.

Then I lookup that class, and get their class loader, and call a get Resource.. and it works! I almost fell out of my chair when it happened.

To me though… Java shouldn’t be like this… it’s part of that classpath hell I suppose.

[Riyad Kalla]

Did you try jar-specific paths like: getResource(“jar!//com/test/blarg.xml”)

I think that format is right, you may need to double check me.

[gcormier]

Ahh, I remember seeing something like that too, I’ll have to give it a try for my notes 🙂 I guess it is a bit cleaner.

[Riyad Kalla]

Did you try posting to http://forums.java.sun.com, it’s a very handy resource at times… and the way you did it while very inventive, I sure hope to god isn’t the “suggested” way to do what you are trying to do.

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