Getting images from a .jar file

Question

I need to get res folder to compile when I export a executable jar file in eclipse also when I use the getClass().getResource() method it doesn't work.

Current reading image code

public Image loadImage(String fileName) {
    return new ImageIcon(fileName).getImage();
}

Code that doesn't work

public Image loadImage(String fileName) {
    return new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource(fileName).getImage();
}

Answer 1

I have now fixed the problem - this is the code that works

 public BufferedImage loadImage(String fileName){

    BufferedImage buff = null;
    try {
        buff = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResourceAsStream(fileName));
    } catch (IOException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
        return null;
    }
    return buff;

}

The value of fileName is just an image name eg BufferedImage img = loadImage("background.png");

Thank you all for your help.