Question

The following code is used for playing a sound file in my java applet:

public synchronized void play() {    try {           //Here filename is a URL retreived through           //getClassLoader().getResource()             InputStream in = new FileInputStream(filename.getFile());             AudioStream as = new AudioStream(in);             AudioPlayer.player.start(as);       } catch (IOException e) {             e.printStackTrace();     } 

It works when i run the applet locally using Eclipse, but if I try packaging it in a .jar and running it as an applet in the web browser, it doesn’t work. Commenting out this code makes the applet work.

What shall I substitute the above code with so it’ll work in the applet?

Answer 1

Try using getResourceAsStream() on the ClassLoader instead of new FileInputStream(). This will return an InputStream that you can pass to the AudioStream. So something like:

InputStream in = getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(getClassLoader().getResource()); AudioStream as = new AudioStream(in)