How to read a text file inside a JAR? [duplicate]

Answer 1

Try the next (with the full path package):

InputStream inputStream = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().
        getSystemResourceAsStream("com/company/resources/howto.txt");
InputStreamReader streamReader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream, "UTF-8");
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(streamReader);

for (String line; (line = in.readLine()) != null;) {
    // do something with the line
}