How to access and read a .txt file from a runnable jar

Question

How can i load a text file with a runnable .jar file, It works fine when it\'s not jarred but after i jar the application it can\'t locate the file. Here\'s what i\'m using to l

Answer 1

if this is your package structure:

Correct way of retrieving resources inside runnable or.jar file is by using getResourceAsStream.

InputStream resourceStream =  TestResource.class.getResourceAsStream("/resources/PUT_Request_ER.xml");

If you do getResource("/resources/PUT_Request_ER.xml"), you get FileNotFoundException as this resource is inside compressed file and absolute file path doesn't help here.