How to get a path to a resource in a Java JAR file

Question

I am trying to get a path to a Resource but I have had no luck.

This works (both in IDE and with the JAR) but this way I can\'t get a path to a file, only the file

Answer 1

The one line answer is -

String path = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource().toExternalForm()

Basically getResource method gives the URL. From this URL you can extract the path by calling toExternalForm()

References:

getResource(), toExternalForm()