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Re: ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream versus this.getClass().getResourceAsStream()

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zyng wrote:
> I have gone through the ClassLoader API doc
(http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/ClassLoader.html#getSystemResource(java.lang.String))
> several times and still don't get a clue about it.

Gee, less than five minutes' online search turned up this link:
http://littletutorials.com/2008/03/26/locating-resources-in-java/

Did that article's assertions check out for you?

> This post cited ClassLoader API(http://www.xyzws.com/Servletfaq/what-is-different-between-classloadergetresourceasstream-and-classgetresourceasstream/21).
> However, in the API doc, I cannot find any information about leading slash. I guess Sun(or Oracle) has modified the API for new version. 

You guess based on what? There has to be *evidence* of such a change to make such a claim.

> Anyway, I cannot get the answer from ClassLoader API.

That does seem to be a hole in the API docs, but surely you have your answer by now.

> I found this post which has answered me most part:
> http://www.dtumanov.com/post/3355401249/java-resource-loading

In the end, a quick-and-dirty code example will answer your questions for you.

-- 
Lew

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ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream versus this.getClass().getResourceAsStream() zyng <xsli2@yahoo.com> - 2012-12-03 11:29 -0800
  Re: ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream versus this.getClass().getResourceAsStream() markspace <-@.> - 2012-12-03 12:07 -0800
    Re: ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream versus this.getClass().getResourceAsStream() Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-12-03 14:04 -0800
      Re: ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream versus this.getClass().getResourceAsStream() markspace <-@.> - 2012-12-03 15:25 -0800
        Re: ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream versus this.getClass().getResourceAsStream() Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-12-03 20:37 -0800
  Re: ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream versus this.getClass().getResourceAsStream() zyng <xsli2@yahoo.com> - 2012-12-04 05:40 -0800
    Re: ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream versus this.getClass().getResourceAsStream() Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-12-04 12:57 -0800

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