How to read a directory from the runtime classpath?

Question

My Java application needs to be able to find a myconfig/ directory which will be bundled inside the same JAR:

myjar.jar/
    com/
        me/
           


        

Answer 1

The trick seems to be that the class loader can find directories in the classpath, while the class can not.

So this works

this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("com/example/foo/myconfig");

while this does not

this.getClass().getResource("myconfig");