Resources files in Multi-JAR distribution

Question

Hello.
I'm kind of new to Java and I'm having some serious issues trying to make resource files get packaged into my JAR properly. Actually, this is what I have:
CompositorX - this is my main project; it just contains a small main class with "static void main" method that creates a new form from another class, which belongs to CompositorXLib.
CompositorXLib - this is a class library that contains all the classes I wrote specifically for the CompositorX application.
General - this is a class library that contains lots of general-purpose classes which are used by multiple applications.
(BTW, is this a good way to organize my classes?)
Now, I have a bean in General called PictureFrame. PictureFrame's default constructor has to get an image file to display as the default image for the bean. What I'd like to do is get the default image ("defimg.bmp") packed into General's JAR, so that it is always available to PictureFrame, no matter which application creates the PictureFrame. But it doesn't seem to work that way. In my PictureFrame constructor, I have: PictureFrame.class.getClassLoader().getResource("."). I expect it to return a URL that will get put into my General JAR: therefore, I put the resource inside my General/build/classes/. However, when I run my CompositorX app, and it creates a new PictureFrame object, the URL returned by getClassLoader().getResource() is pointing to CompositorX/build/classes/.
I'm using NetBeans 5.5.1. I could probably figure out how to fix this without NetBeans... but as I'm doing all my dev in NetBeans and I don't want to fight against whatever it's already doing, I was hoping that someone could tell me how to solve this problem in NetBeans.
Thanks a lot. If I wasn't clear enough, just let me know and I'll try to post a better description.
-RN

Answer 1

1) I don't know if
these will work with a JAR exe, as I've been doing
some searching and found that people have had
problems playing wav files embedded in a JAR.It will work fine if you do it correctly.
2) The Java Sun guide doesn't provide me with enough
code examples to actually know what I need to do.What don't you know how to do? If you need more help, search for tutorials on google and consult the API.