Can't load jrxml located in jar file via JRXmlLoader: getting java.io.FileNotFoundException [duplicate]

Answer 1

JasperDesign jd  = JRXmlLoader.load(getClass().getResource("/reports/teacherPay.jrxml"));

This is not working some time, because getResource() returns URL. If your file path contains " " it returns "%20" Like this

"C:\\Users\\Sandaru Weerathunga\\Desktop\\Dasatha Institute\\src\\reports\\teacherPay.jrxml"

returns

"C:\\Users\\Sandaru%20Weerathunga\\Desktop\\Dasatha%20Institute\\src\\reports\\teacherPay.jrxml"

In that matter you can use getResourceAsStream() method that retuns InputStream. Try this, This works for me.

JasperReport jp = JasperCompileManager.compileReport(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/reports/teacherPay.jrxml"));