Name: dbT83986 Date: 03/25/99


The URL returned by Class.getResource() cannot be used
to open a file:

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

public class Tst
{
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
    {
        URL iniURL = Tst.class.getResource("tst.ini");
        System.out.println(iniURL);
        File iniFile = new File(iniURL.getFile());
        System.out.println(iniFile + ".exists() == "+ iniFile.exists());
        System.out.println(iniFile + ".getCanonicalPath() = " + iniFile.getCanonicalPath());
        File iniFile2 = new File(iniFile.getCanonicalPath());
        System.out.println(iniFile2 + ".exists() == "+ iniFile2.exists());
    }
}

bash-2.02$ //D/Java/jdk1.1.7/bin/java -version
java version "1.1.7B"

bash-2.02$ //D/Java/jdk1.1.7/bin/java Tst
Symantec Java! JustInTime Compiler Version 3.10.093(x) for JDK 1.1.x
Copyright (C) 1996-98 Symantec Corporation

systemresource:/FILE0/+/tst.ini
/FILE0/+/tst.ini.exists() == false
/FILE0/+/tst.ini.getCanonicalPath() = D:\FILE0\+\tst.ini
D:\FILE0\+\tst.ini.exists() == false
(Review ID: 56084)
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