Solved Reading file inside plugin jar

I'm searching for a way to read a file that's inside my plugin's jar, I found this method, but it just doesn't work:

Code:java

InputStream in = getClass().getResourceAsStream("items.csv");
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));

I get a NPE:

Code:

[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]: java.lang.NullPointerException
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at java.io.Reader.<init>(Unknown Source)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at java.io.InputStreamReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at com.griffinpvp.kitpvp.util.ItemUtil.getItemStackFromString(ItemUtil.java:22)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at com.griffinpvp.kitpvp.command.staff.ItemExec.onCommand(ItemExec.java:28)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand.execute(PluginCommand.java:44)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at org.bukkit.command.SimpleCommandMap.dispatch(SimpleCommandMap.java:196)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_7_R1.CraftServer.dispatchCommand(CraftServer.java:542)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.PlayerConnection.handleCommand(PlayerConnection.java:932)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.PlayerConnection.a(PlayerConnection.java:814)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.PacketPlayInChat.a(PacketPlayInChat.java:28)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.PacketPlayInChat.handle(PacketPlayInChat.java:47)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.NetworkManager.a(NetworkManager.java:146)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.ServerConnection.c(SourceFile:134)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.MinecraftServer.u(MinecraftServer.java:655)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.DedicatedServer.u(DedicatedServer.java:250)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.MinecraftServer.t(MinecraftServer.java:545)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:457)
[15:25:08] [Server thread/WARN]:    at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:617)

What am I doing wrong?

 

Some more code?

 

Then I'm just doing what I was doing with an external file, and that worked without any errors... I just need to get a working BufferedReader from a file inside the jar instead of one from an external file.

 

Hm... Do you think it's good idea to store the file in plugin.jar? Okay, I found some code about readers, maybe it will help you.

Code:java

BufferedReader reader = null;
 
try {
    File file = new File("sample-file.dat");
    reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
 
    String line;
    while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
        System.out.println(line);
    }
 
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
    try {
        reader.close();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

 

Thanks, that's what I'm doing to read the file, the thing is, I wanted to store them inside the jar, but it's really not that important. How would I create an external file from a file already existent inside the jar? I know I could just set the default stuff, but it's 7500 lines of items and aliases, how would I just copy all the lines to an external file?

 

files inside jar and files not inside jar require different methods to read and write...

 

RawCode Yes, I know, I'm trying to find out how to read files inside jars... I've looked on StackOverflow, but I couldn't find out, so I came here...

 

try adding getClassLoader() after getClass()

 

stackoverflow have solution, try a bit different keywords

protip - jar is zip archive...

 

Barinade Thank you very much, sir