Icons in jar

Question

hi
i have a gif files in jar file,
this jar is in the same order of the .Class files
i try to load the gif file, but the URL is ALWAYS null.
what do i do wrong?
thx
the code Snippet :
the location = "open.gif" // this is the gif name
public ImageIcon loadImage(String location)
ClassLoader loader = getClass().getClassLoader();
URL url = null;
try {   url=loader.getResource(location); }
catch(Exception e) { e.printStackTrace();  } ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon
(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(url));
return icon;
btw, may u tell me how do u send the code snippets as code?

Answer 1

the gif is in a file images.jar, this file is in the same order as the *.class files.
i use this code
    private ImageIcon loadImage()
        URL url = null;
            url = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getResource("/open.gif");
        System.out.println( "url is : " + url );    
         url = getClass().getResource("open.gif");       
        System.out.println( "url is : " + url );  
        url = this.getClass().getResource("/open.gif");       
        System.out.println( "url is : " + url );  
         url = getClass().getResource("/open.gif");       
        System.out.println( "url is : " + url );  
         url = JFrame.class.getClass().getResource("open.gif");       
        System.out.println( "url is : " + url );  
        ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(url));        
        return icon;
    }the url = null always.
i think i have problem with the jar file.
that mean, i cant create a right jar file.
i use WinRAR, u didnt say anything about that.
may u make me a faivour? create a jar file and put a gif in it and send it to [email protected]
pls.
i should not care how to run the class file, SUN ONE Studio do that.
and the problem is the URL is null.
thx