Attach file from JAR

[Prashant Saraf]

Hi i am creating a application in which i m putting files in com.cmp.app.resource package. all files are doc or excel. I want to access that files using File class. how to use that

[Nitesh Kant]

If you are asking how to read xls/word files in java, This link will help you.
[ March 11, 2008: Message edited by: Nitesh Kant ]

[Prashant Saraf]

no.. problem is that i want to use a File object to access files from my jar. class and doc files are on same jar.

[Nitesh Kant]

Originally posted by Prashant Saraf:
no.. problem is that i want to use a File object to access files from my jar. class and doc files are on same jar.

You can not use java.io.File to access those files. You have to use ZippedInputStream if you want to read a zip/jar/file and its entries.

[Joe Ess]

If the JAR is on the classpath, you can get the data with the getResource()/getResourceAsStream() methods of java.lang.Class.