Copy Resource File to Folder? [closed]

Question

I have a need to generate complicated text files from a Java desktop application.

I've decided the code would be considerably easier to implement if I could copy a template file and tailor it to whatever needs to be constructed.

I will only be distributing a jar to the customers. Is there a best-practice on how to handle this?

• Is it even possible to copy a resource from the jar at runtime?
• Is it better to "auto-generate" a template on first execution of the jar?

Answer 1

You can read a file stored in your jar using:

Class.getResourceAsStream(pathToFile);

See this question for details.