Cannot load ImageIcon image files from JAR file

[xZare]

I can not load the images for my card game. My card class extends ImageIcon and I specify the path of the card image in the super method. When I compile and run it in TextPad it works, but when I export it into a JAR file I get null pointer exception.

My code is like this:

super(Card.class.getResource("images/" + imagePath));

I have tried with:

super("images/" + imagePath);

super(Card.class.getClassLoader().getResource("images/" + imagePath));

This is a screenshot from the decompiler of the jar file:

http://i.imgur.com/6pMeLlN.jpg

Any advice?

[Norm]

Also posted at: http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/to...from-jar-file/

[Priya456]

Guys, the cases of the disk filenames and the names in the String array match exactly. If I delete Card.class.getResource the game works fine.

If the code is like this

super("images/" + imagePath);

And if I make the the JAR file with this statement I need to have the images in the same folder with the JAR file and it works. But I don't want to have the images together with the JAR, I want the images to be loaded from the JAR file.

[Norm]

To access a file in the jar file, treat it as a resource: use one of the getResource methods.