Relative references

Question

I've created an application which uses some images, which are all bundled together in a jar file.
I reference the images using object.setIcon(new ImageIcon("images/Icon1.gif"));This works fine, and I can happily run the applicaiton using: ~user/files/prog/ $ java -jar foo.jarMy problem arises when a user types:~another/ $ java -jar ~user/files/prog/foo.jar My icons aren't loaded, because they can't be found in ~another/images/
Any ideas for this one??
Thanks
Tristan

Answer 1

try:
import java.net.*;
      try {
         URL url=this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("images/Icon1.gif");
         object.setIcon(new ImageIcon(url));
      } catch (Throwable e) {
         System.out.println("error");
      }This will make sure that the program fetches the image from the images subdirectory of the directory where the class file is kept.
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V.V.