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Subject: Re: How do I get the name and path of the running jar file?
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 20:10:01 -0500
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On 12/9/2016 1:50 AM, Wayne wrote:
> On 12/6/2016 9:18 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> InputStream is = MyClass.class.getClassLoader().getResource("mypackage/foobar.wav");
>>
>> should give you a stream to the file. Both when everything is
>> in the file system and when everything is in the jar file.
>
> I think you meant getResourceAsStream(); getResource returns a URL,
> not an InputStream.

Yes.

Not:

.getResource()

but:

.getResourceAsStream()

or:

.getResource().openStream()

Arne