Java Resource Get getResourceAsFile(final String filename, final Class theClass)

Description

get Resource As File

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static File getResourceAsFile(final String filename, final Class theClass) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* ww w  .j  a v a2s.  c  o m*/
 * Copyright (C) 2013 by Array Systems Computing Inc. http://www.array.ca
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
 * Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
 * any later version.
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
 * more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 * with this program; if not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
 */

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static File getResourceAsFile(final String filename, final Class theClass) throws IOException {

        try {
            // load from disk
            final java.net.URL resURL = theClass.getClassLoader().getResource(filename);
            if (resURL != null) {
                return new File(resURL.getFile());
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new IOException("Unable to open " + filename);
        }
        throw new IOException("resURL==null Unable to open " + filename);
    }
}

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5. getResourceAsFile(final Class clazz, final String name)
6. getResourceAsFile(String name)
7. getResourceAsStream(Class aClass, String name)
8. getResourceAsStream(final Class caller, final String resource)
9. getResourceAsStream(String resourceLocation)