Reading txt file from jar fails but reading image works

Question

I have an issue which has been bothering me for days... I checked similar questions but couldn\'t find a solution.

I use NetBeans IDE. I build the project jar file i

Answer 1

Looking at the source again closely, try..

URL url = getClass().getResource("/clock/input.txt"); 
InputStream name = url.openStream(); 

I recall that the Class::getResourceAsStream variant deals with paths slightly differently than simply Class::getResource - I am sure it should work for the latter one.