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Re: [platform-core-dev] Getting the input stream for a resource - can't be that difficult!

Try:

    InputStream in = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/data/myData.txt");

That should work for any OSGi platform.

Kind regards,

     Peter Kriens
    
PN> Hello folks,
 
PN> I need to read the content of a (text) file which is part of my plug-in.
PN> I found a way to do this, but I feel I did it in a rather awkward
PN> manner. Look at what I wrote:
 
PN> =====snip======= 
PN>         String path = "/data/myData.txt" ;
PN>         Bundle b = Platform.getBundle(PLUGIN_NAME);
PN>         URL url = Platform.find(b, new Path(path));
PN>         URL localUrl = null ;
PN>         InputStream is = null ;
PN>         InputStreamReader isr = null ;
PN>         try {
PN>                          localUrl = Platform.resolve(url);
PN>                          is = localUrl.openStream();
PN>                          isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
PN>                 } catch (IOException e) {
PN>                         // TODO Auto-generated catch block
PN>                         e.printStackTrace();
PN>                 }
PN> =====snap=======

PN> The key seems to be to get an IFile for my URL, then the IFile will give
PN> me the InputStream. But I could not figure out how to do this, hence the
PN> hack (?) with Platform.resolve() and the localURL. 
PN> Or is this actually the way it must be done?

PN> All hints appreciated.


PN> Norbert 
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