Get a resource using getResource()

Question

I need to get a resource image file in a java project. What I'm doing is:

URL url = TestGameTable.class.getClass().           getClassLoader().getResource("unibo.lsb.res/dice.jpg"); 

The directory structure is the following:

unibo/   lsb/     res/       dice.jpg     test/     ..../ /* other packages */ 

The fact is that I always get as the file doesn't exist. I have tried many different paths, but I couldn't solve the issue. Any hint?

Answer 1

TestGameTable.class.getResource("/unibo/lsb/res/dice.jpg"); 

• leading slash to denote the root of the classpath
• slashes instead of dots in the path
• you can call getResource() directly on the class.

Answer 2

Instead of explicitly writing the class name you could use

this.getClass().getResource("/unibo/lsb/res/dice.jpg");