Can't get file from resource in jar.

Question

hi,
I'm using the folowing mechanism to get a configuration file from my classes jar file.
URL configUrl = Config.class.getResource("/resources/"+fileName);
File ressourceFile = new File(configUrl.toURI());while this is working perfectly when i run my app in stand-alone it fails in JavaWebStart. it gives me the folowing error :
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URI is not hierarchical
     at java.io.File.<init>(Unknown Source)
     at line 2 aboveafter some investigation it seems that the first line doesn't return a valid URL. I'm getting something like :
jar:file:C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Patrice/Application%20Data/Sun/Java/Deployment/cache/javaws/http/Dfiona/P80/RMface2face.jar!/resources/system.propertiesthe problem (I think) lies in the URL protocol : jar:file:C:/...
when I run the same lines in stand-alone I get :
file:/E:/Project/.../classes/resources/system.propertieswhich is just what I want.
Is there something I am doing wrong?
thanx,
Patrice.

Answer 1

ok thanx.
in the end I copy the file locally with :
try{
    InputStream input = Config.class.getResourceAsStream("/resources/"+fileName);
    OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(userConfigFile);
    byte[] temp = new byte[128];
    while(input.available()>0){
        int nb = input.read(temp);
        output.write(temp,0,nb);
    input.close();
    output.close();
} catch (IOException e){
}it works perfectly.
thx.