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JAVA storeing files in META-INF directory
I stored an xml file in the JARs META-INF directory and want to read that file using a path relative to the JARs root
this is what I'm doing:
ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().get
URL url = cl.getResource( "META-INF/test.xml" );
Initializer init = new Initializer(new File(url.getFile()).getAbs
The absolute path is returned as: C:/Jar_root/abc.jar!/META-
If I try to use this as a file path I get a FileNotFoundException due to a illegal path syntax.
I need to use it this because inside the jar i have an entry point function, and I want to be able to run this:
C:\Jar_root\java -jar abc.jar
inside this jar, the first thing it'll do is it needs to go to the xml file stored inside the META-INF directory to get some information.
and I can't figure why it's complaining about the FileNotFound. it's trying to get into the jar file, but it can't.
any help is much appreciated! thanks
this is what I'm doing:
ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().get
URL url = cl.getResource( "META-INF/test.xml" );
Initializer init = new Initializer(new File(url.getFile()).getAbs
The absolute path is returned as: C:/Jar_root/abc.jar!/META-
If I try to use this as a file path I get a FileNotFoundException due to a illegal path syntax.
I need to use it this because inside the jar i have an entry point function, and I want to be able to run this:
C:\Jar_root\java -jar abc.jar
inside this jar, the first thing it'll do is it needs to go to the xml file stored inside the META-INF directory to get some information.
and I can't figure why it's complaining about the FileNotFound. it's trying to get into the jar file, but it can't.
any help is much appreciated! thanks
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Do you see where that problem comes from? i've tried what you suggested and it doesn't work. I dont think i made a syntatic error, I might be missing something somewhere
thanks
thanks
try moving your xml file outside META-INF.
ASKER
Hi 'objects',
unfortunatley, if i move the xml files outside the META-INF directory, i will not be able to even locate it using the class-loader, since that's one of the places it looks for files to load.
dang it, i know I'm so close to the answer.
if i look at this:
C:/Jar_root/abc.jar!/META-
i can see that it is TRYING to get to the META-INF directory inside this Jar file, if i manually unpack the jar file, i can confirm that there is a META-INF directory as expected.
I don't know what I am missing. :(
unfortunatley, if i move the xml files outside the META-INF directory, i will not be able to even locate it using the class-loader, since that's one of the places it looks for files to load.
dang it, i know I'm so close to the answer.
if i look at this:
C:/Jar_root/abc.jar!/META-
i can see that it is TRYING to get to the META-INF directory inside this Jar file, if i manually unpack the jar file, i can confirm that there is a META-INF directory as expected.
I don't know what I am missing. :(
> i will not be able to even locate it using the class-loader
Why do you think that? Try it and see :)
The meta-inf directory is not the place for data files.
Why do you think that? Try it and see :)
The meta-inf directory is not the place for data files.
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should do it