How to access resources in jar where it can be present in multiple jar

Question

I have a project where I generate lots of code against many XSD. To keep things separate each set of XSD are bundled together within a project. I have multiple project tha

Answer 1

I usually make it a rule to add a resource directory into each JAR with resources that are unique to that JAR held under it. For example (in the Maven structure)

module1/src/main/resources/module1/example.xsd
module2/src/main/resources/module2/example.xsd

The XSDs are then referenced using

InputStream module1XSD= SomeClass.class.getResourceAsStream("/module1/example.xsd");
InputStream module2XSD= SomeClass.class.getResourceAsStream("/module2/example.xsd");

so long as the JARs for module1 and module2 have been placed on the classpath of the application containing SomeClass.

Spring contexts would reference these as

classpath:module1/example.xsd,
classpath:module2/example.xsd

This does mean that you'll have to be able to move the location of XSDs in the JARs that you generate. Maybe even regenerating them through a build script.