Get absolute URL of jfx path

Asked Aug 10 '14 at 11:59

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URL contexturl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource("ClassLoader/Test/someFile.xml");

gives me the following contexturl.toString() string for the resource file someFile.xml:

jfx://ClassLoader/Test/someFile.xml

What does this mean and how can I obtain the absolute file system path of the resource?

The problem is also that contexturl.getPath() returns null.

The someFile.xml file is packaged in some jar file can be loaded as expected. However, I also want to load another file which is in the same folder of the jar but not packaged in the jar, so its external and therefore I need the file system path.

Any hints how to retrieve this path?

asked Aug 10 '14 at 11:59

Juergen

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your "ClassLoader" folder is at the root of the JAR ? To retrieve the path ----> System.getProperty("user.dir") – BiScOtTiNo Aug 10 '14 at 19:32
user.dir returns C:\windows\system32, so this is not an option to get the path. – Juergen Aug 11 '14 at 07:00
no shit, how so? In my case it returns the folder where JAR is located (Windows 7) – BiScOtTiNo Aug 11 '14 at 07:39

Get absolute URL of jfx path

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