How to load xsl-files out of jar-files

Hi,
I have included some xsl-files into a jar-file. I can access this files with the following code-snipped if the jar-file is local on my harddisk:
ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getResource("pcodeliste.xsl").openStream()
But the problem is that I use this jar-file as a part of a j2ee-application (it's a ear-file). After deploying this ear-file to my application-server (oc4j) I get a null-pointer exception if I call the xsl-file with the code above.
Can anybody help me how to change this code or how to change the j2ee-application to have access to this files??
Thank you very much
Tobias

Hi Rykk!
Thanks for the answer, but it does not work since the jar, containing my file is inside an ear.
Greets,
Jay

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