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Java Swing: Displaying images from within a Jar

When running a Java app from eclipse my ImageIcon shows up just fine.

But after creating a jar the path to the image obviously gets screwed up.

Is there a way to extract an image from the jar at runtime so I can then open it up? Or, is there a better way to do this?

I'd like to distribute a single jar file if possible.

Solution

  • To create an ImageIcon from an image file within the same jars your code is loaded:

    new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("myimage.jpeg"))

    Class.getResource returns a URL of a resource (or null!). ImageIcon has a constructors that load from a URL.

    To construct a URL for a resource in a jar not on your "classpath", see the documentation for java.net.JarURLConnection.