How do I use Java getResource() to get a resource from a parent directory?

Question

I've tried numerous methods now, including FilenameUtils.normalize() from commons IO, but I can't seem to be able to get a resource in another folder to get a Java FXML file.

The code is the following

 try { root = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("../plugin/PluginSelection.fxml")); } catch (IOException ex) { Logger.getLogger(QueueOperationsController.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex); }

Where the desired FXML file is:

gui dialogues plugins PluginSelection.fxml // desired file dataset QueueOperationsController // current class

How do I best get the desired file's URL?

Thank you!

Your file tree shows a directory called plugin, but your code sample refers to a directory called plugins. Could that be the problem? — seh
– seh, Commented Jan 18, 2013 at 1:01
(getClass().getResource("../plugin/PluginSelection.fxml")); works for me — Danon
– Danon, Commented Nov 9, 2015 at 13:20

Alex Edwards · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-17 23:19:06Z

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You can get resources relative to the Class or the context root. In your example putting / at the start of the string if thats your package structure in your application. Try

getClass().getResource("/gui/dialogues/plugins/PluginSelection.fxml")

answered Jan 17, 2013 at 23:19

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calben Over a year ago

changed it to: root = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("/pdpro/gui/dialogues/plugin/PluginSelection.fxml")); and it works like a charm. Thanks!

Cardinal System Over a year ago

If my resource was four directories higher than the class (../../../../resource), would I just type ////resource?

Shamil · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-25 00:50:32Z

It seems to me that if we use .getResource only when searching in marked as resource folder. Otherwise, even if folder path is correct, but it's not marked as resource folder we'll got an error. So, I do this way:

FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(new File("src/main/java/CRUD/bnkseekCRUD.fxml")); Parent root = loader.load(fileInputStream);

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