How to Load File Outside of, but Relative to, the JAR?

Question

I need to load a file outside of the JAR, but relative to it (lib/config/config.ini to be exact). I used that exact path, and it works fine as long as the work

Answer 1

Try using getClassLoader().getResource("classname") to find the URL of a class in your jar file. You'll find it's delimited with a ! between the path to the jar, and the path within a jar, which you can easily slice.