Java ClassPath getFileFromClasspath(final String fileName)

Description

Load the resource either using current class loader or using parent class loader

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
fileName	a parameter

Declaration

public static File getFileFromClasspath(final String fileName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.io.File;

import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    /**// ww w  .j a  v  a  2  s . c o  m
     * Load the resource either using current class loader or using parent class
     * loader
     * 
     * @param fileName
     * @return
     */
    public static File getFileFromClasspath(final String fileName) {
        File file = null;

        // Load the resource using current class loader
        URL url = Thread.currentThread().getClass().getResource(fileName);

        if (url != null) {
            file = new File(url.getFile());
        } else {
            // load the resource using the parent context
            url = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(fileName);
            if (url != null) {
                file = new File(url.getFile());
            }
        }

        return file;
    }
}

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6. getFileFromClasspath(String fileName)
7. getFileFromClasspath(String name)
8. getFileFromClasspathResource(String resource)
9. getFilePathFromClasspath(String filename)