java.nio.file.Path for a classpath resource

Question

Is there an API to get a classpath resource (e.g. what I\'d get from Class.getResource(String)) as a java.nio.file.Path? Ideally, I\'d like to use the fancy new Path<

Answer 1

I wrote a small helper method to read Paths from your class resources. It is quite handy to use as it only needs a reference of the class you have stored your resources as well as the name of the resource itself.

public static Path getResourcePath(Class resourceClass, String resourceName) throws URISyntaxException {
    URL url = resourceClass.getResource(resourceName);
    return Paths.get(url.toURI());
}