Help! Resources not loaded.

Question

I am trying to run a "thin" client that interacts with a server through EJB with WebStart. I get the application to start, but unfortunately none of the resources (config files, icons etc.) load. What is the easiest way to get the program to run closely or the same as it runs as a standalone application? The resources are are included in the jar file structure, and ./data/images/ is the path from the classes to the images still. If there is a way to get this to work without changing much or any code, that would be best.
Thank you,
Jeff

Answer 1

Well, you'll have to load your resources like this:
URL u = this.getClass().getClassLoader().
getResource("relative/from/root/of/jar/path/to/fresource/file");
// "this" has to be a class which was loaded from the same jar as your resource, if you're using multiple jars/extensions.
// or ...AsStream, whatever.AND if you're using JRE 1.3.0_02 or _03, it might not work anyways, and it especially won't work if it's loading it from the local filesystem, even with JRE 1.3.0_01, which Sun has reverted to packaging with WebStart 1.0.1_02.
Weeee!