Reading external xml files from a jar

Hi,
I am trying to read an xml file from a jar (which is not present inside the jar ) .
I am passing the file name as a string (like C:/folder/filename) to the SAXBuilder but it throwing
unknown protocol: c error.
i tried using an url , tried using a relative path but to no use.
Need help in this regard urgently.
TIA,
Regards,
Harsha

Hi,
Actually, my application needs to read two xml files , parse it, perform some operation and write
the result to an output file.
The names of the two xml files i mentioned, are specified in a properties file as absolute paths. (I even tried converting them to URIs)
The xml files are in the same directory as the jar ( i dont know if it should matter as i am giving the absolute path).
The main class reads the names of the files and passes the names as strings to the SAXBuilder.
This is where i am getting an exception.
Going by what you said, is it not possible for a java class to read a fie outside of the jar ? Is there no way to do this ? And right now i am not sure of how to go about this or if there's any work around . Any help would be appreciated.
Kindly reply at the earliest
TIA,
Harsha

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