How to read several resource files with the same name from different JARs?

Question

If there are two JAR files in the classpath, both containing a resource named \"config.properties\" in its root. Is there a way to retrieve both files similar to

Answer 1

jar files are zip files.

Open the file using java.util.zip.ZipFile

Then enumerate its entries looking for the properties file you want.

When you have the entry you can get its stream with .getInputStream()