Java Web Start and preferences files

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yaaros@gmail.com - 16 Aug 2007 12:08 GMT

I have a problem with Eclipse RCP application that I try run over Java
Web Start. In one of the plugin's catalogs I have a files with codes
snippets that I try use in my application. Everything works great when
I open application through Eclipse or export to standalone product.
But when try it open using JWS I cannot access to the catalog with
snippets. I think that the problem is that the plugin's are packed to
jar files and the catalogs (templates) with snippets cannot be access
by those jar files beacuse its inside this archive.

Can anyone tell me how can I acces to the files archivied to jar file
with the rest of the code??

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Andrew Thompson - 16 Aug 2007 12:56 GMT

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>Can anyone tell me how can I acces to the files archivied to jar file
>with the rest of the code??

Assuming the resources are in a Jar on the application's
classpath, it is as simple as..
URL theResourcePath =
obj.getClass().getResource("/path/to/properties.prop");

'obj' can be any Object (or subclass) instance, but
getResource() might fail if it is called by the root class
loader.

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yaaros@gmail.com - 16 Aug 2007 13:06 GMT

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Ok that give me a url to resource but how can I read from this path.
When I using

catToRes.listFiles(new FileFilter(){
                    public boolean accept(File pathname) {
                        if (pathname.isFile() && pathname.getName().endsWith(".tpl"))
                            return true;
                        return false;
                    }
                });

it's return me null?? I'm beginner in that field so please explain me
it as simple as it possible. I add that all files are XML format and I
have to read all of them from resource catalog.

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Roedy Green - 22 Aug 2007 12:17 GMT

>Can anyone tell me how can I acces to the files archivied to jar file
>with the rest of the code??

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/resource.html

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