Having trouble getting default config resource [SOLVED]

Plugins Plugin Development
1

Hey all,

I’ve been trying to access a file in my plugin.jar which acts as a static .conf template.
These are the things I’ve tried:

-this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(“String”);
where string has been:
-“geoworld.conf”
-"/geoworld.conf"
-"…/geoworld.conf"
-"…/…/geoworld.conf"

This is my file structure:
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and this is the current code:
[spoilers/]https://github.com/El-minadero/GeoWorld/blob/master/GeoCraft/src/main/java/com/geoworld/MainDefaults.java#L82

2

If you open up the jar file once it’s created (eg using 7zip) can you see the resource file in there? If not you may not be creating the jar properly.

3

Unzipping the jar file does indeed reveal a resource folder which contains my default.conf file, as well as a com folder where all the packages are located in.

4

And there’s your problem.

It looks like you’re using your IDE’s build tool rather than gradle/maven. Both gradle/maven will put files in the resources folder into the root of the jar, not a subdirectory.

Most tutorials expect this, and so reference the file name directly with no folder. So you can either modify your IDE to not create a subdirectory, or you can reference it using getResource("resources/geoworld.conf").

5

Perfect!

That solved it.