[news.eclipse.technology.m2e] Re: Specifying resources for runtime usage

[Eugene Kuleshov <eu@xxxxxxxx>]

mlt wrote:
> > I have some xml files in a maven module in:
> > src/main/resources
> > which is loaded in my application with:
> >
> >    URL url = 
> > this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("somexml.xml");
> >
> > When running my application from eclipse the files are found and used 
> > correctly.
> >
> > When I build my application using "mvn install" and then run it those 
> > resources are not found/used. I have opened the .jar files (created 
> > during the packaging) and the resources are included. I have also 
> > tried to add:
> >
> >   <build>
> >   <resources>
> >     <resource>
> >       <directory> src\main\resources</directory>
> >     </resource>
> >   </resources>
> >   </build>
 You shouldn't need to do that, because this folder is default one used 
by maven-resources-plugin
 Have you tried to look inside jar file and check if resource files are 
actually in there? If they aren't then try to run mvn help:effective-pom 
and see if the actual resource folders are there. If folders are there, 
please post the log from execution "mvn -X clean package" command.
 Also, when running in Eclipse, please run "Maven / update project 
configuration" to make sure that eclipse project settings match your pom.xml
> The resources is loaded:
> ....
>    URL url = 
> this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("somexmlfile.xml");
>    try {
>       file = new File(url.getPath());
>    } catch (Exception e) {
>
>    }
 That is not going to work when resource is inside a jar file.
 However you can print the url and see where it is being resolved to 
and then check if that place is actually exist

  URL url = 
this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("somexmlfile.xml");
  System.err.println(url.toString());

 regards,
 Eugene