images in jar

Can you please give me the source code of your suggestions.

thanks,
Avi.

Shalom Avi.

Heres the code you can use:

import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.*;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.zip.*;
import java.io.*;
import rsctst.*;

public class resource_test extends Applet {

  /**
   * Initializes the applet.  You never need to call this directly; it is
   * called automatically by the system once the applet is created.
   */
  public void init() {
        setLayout( new FlowLayout());
        add(new TextField("images/image.gif"));
        rs r = new rs();
        InputStream rs_stream = null;
        rs_stream = getResourceInputStream( r.getClass(), "images/image1.gif" );
        System.out.println( rs_stream );
        System.out.println( getParameter("archive") );
        System.out.println( getParameterInfo() );
  }

  /**
   * Called to start the applet.  You never need to call this directly; it
   * is called when the applet's document is visited.
   */
  public void start() {
  }

    public InputStream getResourceInputStream( Class c, String resource ) {
        String archive;
        InputStream result_stream = null;
        String name = c.getName();
        String path = new String();
        String item = new String();
        StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer( name, "." );
        URL resulturl = null;
        while( st.hasMoreElements() ) {
            path+=item;
            item = (String)st.nextElement()+"/";
        }
        if( (archive = getParameter("archive")) == null ) {
            try {
              resulturl = new URL(getCodeBase(),path+resource);
              result_stream = resulturl.openStream();
            } catch( Exception e ) {
                System.out.println("E:"+e);
            }
        }
        else {
            try {
              resulturl = new URL(getCodeBase(),archive);
              InputStream in = resulturl.openStream();
              ZipInputStream zin = new ZipInputStream(in);
              ZipEntry ze;
              while( !((ze = zin.getNextEntry()).getName()).equals(path+resource));
              result_stream = resulturl.openStream();
            } catch( Exception e ) {
                System.out.println("Ex:"+e);
            }
        }
        return result_stream;
    }
}




Note that what you need is the function getReasourceInputStream, through which you read the image. The reasource will always be looked in relation to the location of class c that you send. That enables you to put all the imges in a centeral archive or with the relevent classes.
Good luck,
Gadi.