getResources() for ImageIcon - java

Question

my very first question:

I\'ve been trying to figure this out for a couple of days, but I got to the point I lost my patience. The following are some code and my proj

Answer 1

src directory is not available in classpath

InputStream imageInputStream = getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("resources/icons/xyz.png");
byte[] imageData = org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.toByteArray(in)

ImageIcon imageIcon = new ImageIcon(imageData, "description about image");

Answer 2

If the png files have been packaged into the JAR in the same locations as they are in the original src directory then

XXX("resources/icons/xyz.png");

should produce the right result.

Answer 3

Normally when exporting a JAR file from Eclipse, the contents of src/resources are exported minus the src path name itself. To get the image to load from your JAR you could do:

InputStream stream = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/resources/icons/xyz.png");
ImageIcon icon= new ImageIcon(ImageIO.read(stream));

One way to know for sure is to check:

jar tvf yourjar.jar