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

You can not create URI from resources inside of the jar file. You can simply write it to the temp file and then use it (java8):

Path path = File.createTempFile("some", "address").toPath();
Files.copy(ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream("/path/to/resource"), path, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);