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Get resource works from within IDE but not after export [message #683513]

Mon, 13 June 2011 22:32

SBS

Messages: 57
Registered: January 2011

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I have a strange problem trying to read a file as a plug-in resource. The code looks like this:

			final InputStream is = MyClass.class.getResourceAsStream("/myfile.txt");
			try {
				int i = 0;
				while ((i = is.read()) != -1) {
					sb.append((char)i);
				}
				is.close();
			} catch (final IOException ioe) {
				logger.error(ioe.getMessage());
			}

This works fine when I run the application from within Eclipse but fails when I run it after exporting the plug-in's product with a null input stream being returned from the getResourceAsStream() method.

MyClass is not in the plug-in which contains the product I am actually running, it is in a dependent plug-in instead.

Why is it that it can find the file when I run from the IDE but not after exporting? How can I load this resource from within the code?

Thanks,

-sbs

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Re: Get resource works from within IDE but not after export [message #683818 is a reply to message #683513]

Tue, 14 June 2011 13:25

Paul Webster

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Is myfile.txt in the root of the plugin that contains MyClass when that plugin is exported?

A plugin can only see it's own classes/resources, plus exported stuff from other plugins it requires.

PW

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Re: Get resource works from within IDE but not after export [message #683866 is a reply to message #683818]

Tue, 14 June 2011 14:13

Thomas Haskes

Messages: 147
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Am 14.06.2011 15:25, schrieb Paul Webster:
> Is myfile.txt in the root of the plugin that contains MyClass when that
> plugin is exported?
>
> A plugin can only see it's own classes/resources, plus exported stuff
> from other plugins it requires.
>
> PW
>
Also, check if myFile.txt is checked on the build.properties page in the
plugin, otherwise the file is not exported.

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