Thread: Problem with accessing resources in JAR

Hi, I'm making a test program for resource loading inside a jar and I'm having problems.

I've read that you should use ClassLoader or alternatively getClass() to access a file inside a jar. Since the method that i use to load the resource is static, I use ClassLoader.getSystemResource(String path).
My program finds the file but says that the path contains invalid syntax for filenames or directory names. This is the code that I use to load my resources:

String path = ClassLoader.getSystemResource(file).getPath();
 
			System.out.println(path);
 
			try {
 
				wave = WaveData.create(new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(path)));
 
			} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
 
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
			AL10.alBufferData(buffers.get(i), wave.format, wave.data, wave.samplerate);
			wave.dispose();s

Yes, I'm loading soundfiles for OpenAL.

Anyway, I should remind you that it actually finds the file but the path has invalid syntaxing. This is an example of the path I get when I run it in jar form:

file:\C:\Users\name\development\jars\test.jar!\sou nds\test.wav

I've tried to remove the "!" and I still get the same error. If i remove the "file:" it doesn't find the file. Note that the program runs fine when I'm running in Eclipse.