Question

I noticed that when I try to load a resource (an image, data, sound file, ect.) it is not possible to put it in the same file as the source code and just type “soundfiles/sound.wav”. What is the best way to get this url?

Specifically here:

// load wave data from buffer
WaveData wavefile = WaveData.create("spaceinvaders/" + path);

I have done this before in many different ways, just wondering what the best way is.

Answer 1

If you ship your application in jar it’s common way to package resources also in jar and access them using classloader:

//jar structure
your.jar
|--com
|  `--... //classes here
`--resources
   `--spaceinvaders
      `--sound.wav

And code to access:

InputStream resource = getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("resources/spaceinvaders/sound.wav");