How to read a file outside my .jar

Question

Hello!
I have my j2me application in a .jar file , and my application needs to read a .txt file which is outside my .jar but in the same directory.
I tried to do :
InputStream input = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/myfile.txt");
as well as
InputStream input = getClass().getResourceAsStream("myfile.txt");
but nothing is working...
Could you help me, please??? I'm getting crazy with this :(
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Thanks sabre150,
sabre150 wrote:
You cannot update a running jar file. I am sorry. I didn't know about it. Thanks to point out.
There are two ways I approach this depending on my exact requirements -
1) use the java.util.prefs.Preferences APII will try this one
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2) if not already present I copy the preferences file from the jar to a known place. I use a directory in the user's home directory and normally make the directory name the program with a '.' prefix.
One cannot access files in a jar file using the File API. One needs to use the getResource() or getResourceAsStream() methods on Class or ClassLoader.