2008/11/25 Wayne Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > load in my code with
> > "this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(...)". All resources are
>
> John Casey sent this method a while ago that might be useful:
>
> private File getFile( String resourceName )
> {
> ClassLoader cloader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
> URL resource = cloader.getResource( resourceName );
> if ( resource == null )
> {
> throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Could not get resource: " +
> resourceName );
> }
> return new File( resource.getPath() );
> }
>
> Wayne
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There are issues with that method and windows file paths that have spaces in
them.
AFAIR, it's better to do
return new File( resource.toURI() );
