Reading resource file inside jar dependency

Question

Before I explain my problem - I\'ve tried to find solution in already asked questions, but none of them worked ;)

I\'m trying to read file inside jar, which is a depende

Answer 1

If you want to read a file from inside a jar file, maybe the next line works better:

InputStream in = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/driver/filename.txt");

After this you will need to convert the InputStream in to a String. I've used Apache commons IOUtils:

String theString = IOUtils.toString(inputStream, encoding);

I hope it helps...

Answer 2

Use target jar classloader like this

ClassInOtherJar.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("filename.xml")