Java Glossary : resource

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resource

A data file embedded inside the jar file. class.getResource does not work in some versions of Netscape. You must use class.getResourceAsStream. Further, for some Satanic reason, the folk at Netscape decided that resources must have one of a magic list of extensions. .com, .exe, .dat are not among them. Happily .jpg, .gif and .ser are. You access the resource with code like this:

InputStream fis = MyApp.class.getResourceAsStream( "InWords.properties" );

where InWords.properties is the name of the file inside the jar you want to read. Class.getResource makes these changes to the resource name: if the resource name starts with "/", it is unchanged; otherwise, the package name is prepended to the resource name after converting "." to "/". This allows you to use either dots or slashes to separate the components of the name.

getResourceAsStream ¤ jar

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