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1. how to read a xml file using java?    stackoverflow.com

I need to read an XML file using java.Its contents are something like

<ReadingFile>
<csvFile>
<fileName>C:/Input.csv</fileName>
<delimiter>COMMA</delimiter>
<tableFieldNamesList>COMPANYNAME|PRODUCTNAME|PRICE</tableFieldNamesList>
<fieldProcessorDescriptorSize>20|20|20</fieldProcessorDescriptorSize>
<fieldName>company_name|product_name|price</fieldName>
</csvFile>
</ReadingFile>
Is there any special reader/jars or should we read using FileInputStream?

2. Reading a file from a jar, or anywhere on the classpath?    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to build an application that builds a resource file into a jar, but I'd like to have the project runnable within eclipse. I have a basic maven 2 structure ...

3. Read / Write XML file from Java application bundle    stackoverflow.com

I've got an XML file that is parsed and written in my application. From within my IDE (Eclipse) I simply address it like this: Reading:

private String xmlFile = "file.xml";
and then I build ...

4. read java.security.key stored as object inside a file which is in jar    stackoverflow.com

I saved a PublicKey instance in a file using ObjectOutputStream. This file is then stored inside a jar file which is then loaded by JBoss. I'm trying to read this file ...

5. how can i read file from jar in java?    stackoverflow.com

I want to read xml file which inside one of the jar included in my class path. I want to know that how can i read any file which is included ...

6. How a jar file can read an external properties file    stackoverflow.com

We have a connection pooling comeponent(jar file) for one of our application. As of now the application connection details are bundled with-in the jar file(in .properties file). Can we make it more generic? ...

7. Java Read bmp files?    stackoverflow.com

I'm working on a map editor for a simple map builder. My idea was to paint walls in the map as black pixels, everything else (white colour) is free space in a ...

8. problem in reading xml file from jar    stackoverflow.com

Possible Duplicate:
file not found exception in jar
hi I have one class and in that i have one file Document doc = db.parse(element.xml); but when i create jar ...

9. How to read a file from a java class, both are in the same jar    stackoverflow.com

I have following structure in jar

myjar.jar -> com -> MYProgram.class
       -> file.txt
In MYProgram i am trying to do:
getClass().getResourceAsStream("../file.txt")
I am getting NullpointerException ...





10. JasperException: Unable to read TLD "META-INF/c.tld" from JAR file    stackoverflow.com

I've created a custom tag and included the following maven dependency in order to get the required java classes (tagsupport, etc.)

    <dependency>
       ...

11. Reading class files contained in Jar file    stackoverflow.com

In my web application the developer has compiled its dependant class files as jar file. Though, i have been able to find an appropriate decompiler but i am not sure if ...

12. How to read or write .properties file outside JAR file    stackoverflow.com

I 'v created a project that reads some of configuration from .properties file

public class PreferenceManager {
    private int refreshTime;
    private String[] filters;
    ...

13. java.lang.SecurityException: JAR file trying to read txt file (Pljava)    stackoverflow.com

I am trying to package a JAR where some classes may need to read a txt file. I include the txt file in the root directory of the JAR package. This JAR package ...

14. JAR file not reading input from Scanner(System.in) on crontab execution    stackoverflow.com


I have created some application, which is reading from System.in using the following method:

    Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

    while (input.hasNextLine()) {

    ...

15. read text-file in jar    coderanch.com

16. reading a file from a jar file    coderanch.com





18. Using poi jar 2.5 - java.io.IOException: unable to read entire block.    coderanch.com

I am writing a web app using JSPs and I want to use apache hpsf (poi 2.5.1) to read a word document and extract the properties (metadata) of the document. I followed the example code provided in the howto from the apache site - http://poi.apache.org/hpsf/how-to.html - I am having a problem where I get a java.io.IOException: unable to read entire block: ...

19. Reading from a file from inside a jar    coderanch.com

hi you can read the file inside jar file the following code will help you test.jar - is jar file test.txt - is txt file inside test.jar test.jar/test.file the code as follows import java.util.jar.*; import java.io.*; class test { public static void main(String []z)throws IOException { JarFile j=new JarFile("test.jar"); InputStream is=j.getInputStream(j.getEntry("test.txt")); int i; while((i=is.read())!=-1) { System.out.print((char)i); } } }

20. Reading external xml files from a jar    coderanch.com

Hi, I am trying to read an xml file from a jar (which is not present inside the jar ) . I am passing the file name as a string (like C:/folder/filename) to the SAXBuilder but it throwing unknown protocol: c error. i tried using an url , tried using a relative path but to no use. My application needs to ...

21. Read File from jar file    coderanch.com

Hi I am creating some XML in my code....... I gave an xsd that I want to validated my XML against. I have shipped xsd as part of my jar file but I am having trouble accessing xsd from jar.... Can anyone pls advise.. My XSL/XSK code looks like.... DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); factory.setNamespaceAware(true); factory.setValidating(true); factory.setAttribute( "http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties/schemaLanguage", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"); factory.setAttribute( "http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties/schemaSource", new ...

22. reading file from jar - Problem    coderanch.com

Hi Folks !!! i am trying to read the content of class files from jar . though i can able to get the entry names from jar , i cant able to read the content . below is the code whichi am using . import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.BufferedWriter; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.util.jar.JarEntry; import java.util.jar.JarInputStream; import ...

23. Read MANIFEST-MF files that are with in jars that exists in jars with in WEB-INF/lib    coderanch.com

Hi, I want to read the contents of MANIFEST.MF file that exists in different jars in the WEB-INF/lib directory. WEB-INF lib api.jar impl.jar another.jar So api.jar, impl.jar and another.jar all have its MANIFEST.MF File ie api.jar!/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF impl.jar!/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF another.jar!/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF My requirement is to read the MANIFEST.MF file in each of the jars to derive specific information. I tried out getResource(api.jar!/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF); I always ...

24. How to read a .txt file within a .jar    coderanch.com

Hi all, Im developing a business utility that needs to read 2 .txt files (26k each). The classes will be packaged in a .jar file and i want to put the txt files into those jars. First i developed the functionality reading the files outside the .jar, from an absolute path but everytime we take the .jar to a new server ...

25. Reading a properties file from within a JAR! (quite urgent)    coderanch.com

Can someone please provide me a solution? I'm trying to read in a properties file using the class loader as such: public class PropertyLoader { private final static String resource = "util/app.properties"; private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(PropertyLoader.class); public static Properties getProperties() { Properties props = new Properties(); ClassLoader cl = Constants.class.getClassLoader(); try { props.load(cl.getResourceAsStream(resource)); } catch(IOException e) { logger.fatal("Error loading ...

26. Reading excel file inside jar file using jxl api not working !!    coderanch.com

Hi, Can any body help me? I am running mfc.jar file from path: D:\Nidhi\final\. This jar file contains package mfcalculator and mfcreport.xls file. So excel file is outside mfcalculator. I am reading this xls file in mfcalculator\Report.java by following code: Workbook template = Workbook.getWorkbook(new File("mfcreport.xls")); This work fine if I run class file but gives I/O exception as mfcreport.xls inside jar ...

27. Reading properties file in jar META-INF    coderanch.com

I have a jar file that has different configurations depending on which stage of development it is in. The build puts the right info in the jar in a properties file. I am having a hard time accessing the properties file if I put it anywhere else other that right next to the class that is using it. I would like ...

28. Read files within a .jar    coderanch.com

29. reading config file from JAR file    coderanch.com

I think, probably I didn't describe correctly. Example I have a java class ReadFile.java which requires abc.properties Is it possible to ship those 2 files as a jar because ReadFile.java needs to read abc.properties? My experience when I try to read the file abc.properties, it fails to find the file because it looks for the current working directory (while the abc.properties ...

30. read properties file from jar    coderanch.com

hi @all I try to read a properties file with my application which is bundled as jar. The problem is the properties file is outside of the jar, but placed in the same directory, the structure is the following: - Application.jar -> with the Main class - server.properties How can i read the server.properties from classes in the Application.jar ? ...

31. Reading external files from a jar    coderanch.com

Greetings, It seems that under the Linux GUI (Gnome) a Java .jar cannot read external files that are in the same directory (relative path) as the .jar. This is because when running anything in gnome, the current directory defaults to $HOME so tries to find the files there. Under Windows and Mac, this does not happen and the .jar can read ...

32. Reading file from jar file    coderanch.com

I am trying to read a file that I'm using as a template. The template file is in the deployed jar file for my application. I'm thinking my syntax for reading a file from a jar file is incorrect, though I've tried several examples I've found, and none seem to work. Here's my code snippet: String url_string = prefix + o_template_path; ...

33. how to read and write a jar file?    coderanch.com

I'm trying to copy a jar file and write its content with a new file name. But I found generated jar file becomes corrupted and has doubled size of the content. But I don't know where the code is wrong. Please take a look: FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream ("blah.jar"); BufferedReader rdr = new BufferedReader(isr); FileOutputStream outStream = new FileOutputStream("blah_new.jar"); byte[] ...

34. Reading an xml file inside a Jar    coderanch.com

Thanks for the reply ... I'm sure this will work, but this is not logical at all !! If i want to create a Jar for my application then i can't use "File" class to be able to read files ? There must be a way to read a File path using the "File" class if the file is inside the ...

36. How to read a class file from jar    coderanch.com

37. How to read class files from jar file    coderanch.com

Hi, i want to read class files from jar file and then want to decompile all .class files into java files. Is it possible using java APIs or through any other third party APIs? Please help me about this i have not tried ever to read class file so its quite difficult to me to play with byte code (.class) file. ...

38. unable to read the properties file in my jar    coderanch.com

Hi All, I am trying to execute a jar file from command prompt. It is a swing application that i created through Netbeans. In my application I have a location "src/com/java/db/properties" which contains my properties file. Now, my code snippet for loiading the properties file goes here below... prop.load(new FileInputStream("src/com/java/db/properties/connection.properties")); When I run my app through the netbeans, this works fine. ...

39. Reading and writing to a properties file that is outside of the jar file    coderanch.com

Hi, is it possible to read/write a properties file that is outside of the application jar file? without using an absolute path, I need to run a configuration method only if the properties file does not contain any properties/values. originally I was using InputStream and getResourceAsStream(path); which worked fine when running the main method in the ide but fails once I ...

40. How to read a file packaged in a jar file    coderanch.com

Hi All, I have this embarssing problem, in reading a file which is packaged in a jar file. I have a project in eclipse, say sample. My project structure is as below Sample | - src | - com.sample.package | - Sample.java | - lib | - bin | - com.sample.package | - Sample.class | - sample.properties Under this setup, I ...

42. reading and writing to file within a jar archive    java-forums.org

Hi all I am trying to create a jar that reads from a text file within itself and I am really battling. I have an application that I know reads from these files just fine when it isn't all wrapped up as a jar and the minute I try to package it it won't read. Is this at all possible? The ...

43. Reading file external to jar file    java-forums.org

I have a jar file which needs to read a properties file in the same location as the jar file. I get a filenotfound exception when I run the following command D:\emailer>java -jar test.jar the test.jar and the .properties file are in the same folder i.e d:\emailer however when i run this app from eclipse its able to find the prop ...

44. read a file from file system in a jar    forums.oracle.com

45. reading a file in a .jar    forums.oracle.com

ok, i have .jar file that i imported into my workspace. it contains a bunch of classes in packages. i want to read a from a file from one of the packages. but, i keep getting the file not found error. what is path i should give? thanks. We don't have access to your jar file and you want us to ...

46. Reading a file from inside a JAR    forums.oracle.com

47. How to read a file inside the JAR file    forums.oracle.com

You cannot update a running jar file. There are two ways I approach this depending on my exact requirements - 1) use the java.util.prefs.Preferences API 2) if not already present I copy the preferences file from the jar to a known place. I use a directory in the user's home directory and normally make the directory name the program with a ...

48. Read a txt file when I run jar file    forums.oracle.com

49. Reading a properties file inside a jar file    forums.oracle.com

50. Reading properties file from outside jar file    forums.oracle.com

51. Reading and Writing to files in JARs    forums.oracle.com

I know that you can write to a file inside a JAR because I created another program that writes its settings to a file. JARs don't contain files. Maybe that ambiguous sentence meant that your code, which was loaded from a JAR, wrote its settings to a file. That's certainly possible. But the file you wrote to wasn't in the JAR. ...

52. Read file inside the jar file    forums.oracle.com

I have a program the is a German game my grandfather showed me. As a good teen programmer i said cool lets make it computerized. the game is perfect BUT i need to use an image. i also need to read this image from inside the jar file. SO if i move it "Cross Platform" (key Java words) then it would ...

53. Need to read file present in a jar file    forums.oracle.com

Hi All, I need to read a file present in a jar file. I dont want to extract or iterate using any JarFileEntry or ZipFileEntry . Is there a way to do that. Because Springs ClassPAthXMLApplciationContext is able to do that. Though I havent seen the source code yet. Eg: resources.jar --> xml-rules-definition.xml. I need to read this file present in ...

54. Reading a file which is in Jar    forums.oracle.com

Hi , Can anyone please help me in this regard I have one file which is in jar file and my main class is there in the jar file even when i run the command like java -jar MyClass.java it should read the file which is in jar but it is throwing FileNotFoundException is there any possibility to solve this issue ...

56. How to read properties stored in jar file    forums.oracle.com

I think you need a leading slash in the resource name, but I can only be sure if you show me the structure of your jar (the output of jar -tf myjar.jar). I also need to know in which class thius code resides. Also be very careful about case. When running in Eclipse, I think the resource comes from the file ...

57. Reading a file from a jar    forums.oracle.com

58. Problem for reading data file in jar file    forums.oracle.com

I use eclipse to export my project to jar file. My project is a program used to update data of the company. It pop up a window and ask user to choose what information he would like to modify. When I run this jar file, the main window works well, but when I click the button to ask for viewing data, ...

59. How can I read a properties file from a .jar?    forums.oracle.com

60. Reading a file outside a jar from inside the jar    forums.oracle.com

Hi, I have the following: C:\Program\bin\myJar.jar C:\Program\config\myConfig.xml There is a class inside the jar that wants to get an InputStream on myConfig.xml (and later write back to it). The class can only know the relative path to myConfig.xml i.e. ..\config\myConfig.xml Anyone know how to do this? I have tried all sorts with no luck, currently: getClass().getResourceAsStream("..\\config myConfig.xml"); Been on it for ...

61. read .mpp file using mpxj.jar    forums.oracle.com

62. reading / writing to files inside a jar    forums.oracle.com

anyone want to point me in the right direction about how to go about reading / writing inside a jar? im mostly interested if its possible to create files inside the jar from which you are executing. end result would be a standalone program in one jar file which is able to persist stuff inside itself.

63. Reading java file from a jar file    forums.oracle.com

A JAR file won't (necessarily) contain "Java" files - you'd expect it to contain compiled class files, however. Look at the java.util.zip package for classes that will let you read compressed archives such as JAR files. Read the Javadocs for it and post a specific question when you have problems. Hope this helps.

64. read config file in jar    forums.oracle.com

Hi, my application runs well, but when when i put it in a executable jar file i have exception java.io.FileNotFoundException: config\database.xml (Le fichier spcifi est introuvable). where the config directory is under the jar file. I don't know why this is changing when i pass to a jar file. How can I read my config files. Help..

65. How to read a jar file    forums.oracle.com