reading xml file inside a jar-package

Question

Here\'s my structure:

• com/mycompany/ValueReader.class
• com/mycompany/resources/values.xml

I can read the file in my Eclipse project, but

Answer 1

You can't get a File for the file because it's in a jar file. But you can get an input stream:

InputStream in = ValueReader.class.getResourceAsStream("resources/values.xml");

getResourceAsStream and getResource convert the package of the class to a file path, then add on the argument. This will give a stream for the file at path /com/mycompany/resources/values.xml.