How to read a file inside a jar

Hi All,
I have a jar file which consists of several XML. I need to read one of the xml.
If the XML are in a folder it is easy to read them by directly referencing them (e.g.:- "D/Test/Sample.xml";). But if these xmls are put in a jar file i am facing trouble in reading them.
Can anyone please suggest how to read such files. Also if the classes and jar are not in the same directory.
Any help in this regard will be highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Piyush

nikhil_vinay wrote:
yes i have already used "Class.getResourceAsStream ()". I guess it comes useful only when the class files and jar are in the same directory.No, wrong. The JVM has little or no concept of 'directories'
and instead relies on the classpath of the application to find
resources.
Due to some problem my jar files and my codes are in different directory. So add them to the apps' claspath and it will all be sweet. The original
responders advice will work just fine if the resource is on the classpath.
(Of course, that reply was assuming the resource was in a jar file.
If not, you will probably be needing to offer the user a JFileChooser
to access the file.)
Edited by: AndrewThompson64 on Mar 11, 2008 1:22 PM

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