Incorrect paths in Netbeans

[Jamie Wool]

I'm running netbeans 3.6, basically whenever i attmpt to load or write a file in my project netbeans looks in the netbeans directory instead of the project.

Which means i have to specify the absolute path in the java, which isn't very useful.

Is there a way of specifying the path relative to the netbeans project???

 
String path = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\James\\Desktop\\java\\Design\\FrontEnd\\BackEnd\\XML Data\\";
           //path ="package.";
   f = new File(path, fileName); 

[sasi kala]

hi,

Is there a way of specifying the path relative to the netbeans project???

Use getClass().getResource(string) to get files relative to project

example,
getClass().getResource("HomePage.java"); // direct file
getClass().getResource("/images/left_arrow.jpg") // in sub directory

Hope This Helps.

[ March 27, 2005: Message edited by: sasi kala ]

[Jamie Wool]

So in context of my program how does it work as if i try either :

   
   f = new File(getClass().getResource(fileName) :wink: ;

or

  
Object o =  getClass().getResource(fileName);  
String s = (String)o.toString();  
f = new File(o);

The first errors and the second returns a null pointer exception..

[Jamie Wool]

Ok i can get it to partially work using

             
String cfileName = "/FrontEnd/BackEnd/XML Data/";
 cfileName = cfileName.concat(fileName);
 
    f = new File((String)this.getClass().getResource(cfileName).toString()); 

but netbeans keeps inserting it's own local path in front when i try to read the file in,

  java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files\NetBeans3.6\file:\C:\Documents and Settings\James\Desktop\java\Design\FrontEnd\BackEnd\XML Data\shrubs.xml (The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect)

[sasi kala]

hi Jamie,

Sorry, i forget to send that one. to read data of any file use
File f = new File(getClass().getResource("Abc.txt").getFile());

  
   try
   {
     File f = new File(getClass().getResource("Abc.txt").getFile());        
     BufferedReader br= new BufferedReader(new FileReader(f));
 
     String st;
     while((st=br.readLine())!=null)
     {
         System.out.println(st);
     }
   }
   catch(Exception e)
   {
     System.out.println("Exception : "+e.getMessage());
   }

getClass().getResource() will return a url of that resource like "file:/c:/tempDir/Abc.txt", if u need file url use
"getFile()" method it will conver the path as "c:\tempDir\Abc.txt".

All The Best
[ March 28, 2005: Message edited by: sasi kala ]

[Jamie Wool]

Hi sasi,
Thanks for that, though the problem seems to be that netbeans is still inserting it's own local path onto the front of that:

  f = new File((String)this.getClass().getResource(cfileName).toString());

so it's inserting the c:\program files\netbeans in front of the file address???

 java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files\NetBeans3.6\file:\C:\Documents and Settings\James\Desktop\java\Design\FrontEnd\BackEnd\XML Data\shrubs.xml (The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect)