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Images not loading after creating Jar

im wring a simple program and my images load in fine in the project but as soon as i export it into a jar file none of them load. i have little to no experiance creating artifacts or jar files.
project structure:
project:
src:
myclass1, myclass2...
res:
image1.png image2.png...
im using Toolkit.getdefaultToolkit to load in images
in my class i am loading the images in the constructor by writing
myImage = toolkit.getImage("res/image1.png");
this works perfectly fine in the project. does not work in the jar
i have also tried
myImage = toolKit.getImage("image1.png");
which does not work in the project or while opening the jar
i know toolkit is not the best way to go about loading images but i would like to know how i can fix this issue while using toolkit.
ive even tried using the absolute path to a folder on my desktop and once again they load in fine in my project but they do not get loaded when opening the jar. please help ive tried everything. thanks
(btw) if i open the jar file in intellij the images load but if i open the jar file in finder or from my desktop they do not. i want to be able to send the finished project to someone

The toolkit.createImage(String) method takes in a string, and interprets it as a path, looking for a file at that path. An entry in a jar file is not itself a file. It is therefore impossible to use this method to read image files that are in a jar.
However, that's not the only createImage method. There's also toolkit.createImage(URL) and that is the one you want.
SomeClass.class.getResource("something.png")
This expression works on any class (Foo.class gets you the class instance for Foo, and all class instances have the getResource method), and will look for the named entry in the exact same place SomeClass.class (the file) lives. If SomeClass.class currently lives in a jar file, then that's where it'll look.
Thus, ensure that img.png is in the same place your class file is (ensure it is jarred along with the rest), and that will work. You can also ask for e.g. SomeClass.class.getResource("/foo/bar/img.png"); this will then look from the 'root' of where SomeClass is. So if you have a jar such that if you run jar tvf thatjar.jar and you get:
....
/com/foo/yourpackage/SomeClass.class
....
/foo/bar/img.png
then /foo/bar/img.png works.
thus: Once you know where you put that stuff in your jar file:
toolkit.createImage(YourClass.class.getResource("image1.png"))
is what you're looking for.

Referencing an image inside a jar file when running junit

I have been playing with the idea of using ImageMagic (im4java) to do a comparison of known good page renders against stored good pages.
I have got this working on a test site, but all my images (good, bad and differrent) are stored in my c:\temp folder. I have been toying with the idea of having the "expected" images kept inside the project folder structure, so when the project is checked out, the expected images are there.
(not saying this is a great solution, this is just something I have been playing with.)
So my test is stored in
/src/test/java/my.screen.test/compareTest.java
and I have my "expected" image in
/masterImages/test.png
I have tried various ways to reference this:
I included masterImages in the build path and then tried to use
InputStream input = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/masterImages/googleHomePage1.png");
(I then thought I could simply use input.toString() to pass into im4java - but the InputStream gave me nullpointer exception)
I also tried removing the masterImages from the buildpath and trying it that way.
I have also tried
String path = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("masterImages/googleHomePage1.png").toString();
Again, null pointer. I know there is something stupid I am not seeing here, like I said this started as me playing but it's now annoying me why I can't get it to work.
Any insights into what I am missing greatly appreciated.

From - In java, how do you retrieve images from a jar file?
It is indeed simple: you use the various getResource() methods in java.lang.Class and java.lang.ClassLoader. For example, in your app, you could just write
treeURL = getClass().getResource("/images/tree.png");
This would find the file in an images directory at the root of the jar file. The nice thing about the getResource() methods is that they work whether the files are in a jar or not -- if the images directory is a real directory on disk, this will still work (as long as the parent of images is part of your class path.)

Thanks to all. I think I have this sorted. Turns out I had to add the folder containing the image to the classpath - I wrongly assumed that as I had masterImages/otherFolderName that any file inside otherFolderName would be included if I included masterImages. Turns out this is not the case (at least for me.)

JavaFX loading images from CSS in Webstart

I currently have a major problem with loading of CSS and images in JavaFX.
The goal is to make JavaFX load the images that are defined in the CSS file. I get this to work easily in the IDE and in the standalone execution. But once I try the the application as a applet and run it inside a browser context everything fails.
The CSS file is still load properly, but the image files remain blank. Sadly I can't find a way to make JavaFX log why the image loading is failing. All the images are located in subdirectories from the location of the CSS file and are accessed for example like this:
.button-gray {
-fx-border-image-source: url("button/buttongray.png");
}
The CSS file is located in the same package as the class that handles loading it and is load like this:
final URL css = Util.class.getResource("sheet.css");
if (css != null) {
parent.getStylesheets().add(css.toExternalForm());
}
I tried already placing the resources in the root directory and load it with Util.class.getClassLoader.getResource(...) and Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader.getResource(...). Both worked fine in case the application was executed as stand alone. Neither worked in case the application is launched from a webstart applet context.
But as I said. In all cases there is no indication that the CSS is not load. The styles defined in the stylesheet are applied properly with exception of the images.
I am running out of idea what the reason for this is. I package and publish the application using the gradle javafx plugin by shemnon.
Building environment:
Oracle Java 1.7b45 x64
Gradle 1.9
Anyone know how to fix this problem or has any idea how to debug it.
Sadly the logging facilities of JavaFX (even the CSS Logger) and the applet trace console give no indication what the problem is.
New Information!
The JNLP file is located here:
JNLP-File
How ever, this file is not the problem. The problems seems to be the generation of the binary css file that is part of the deployment process of JavaFX for webstart. In this binary file, for some yet unknown reason there is a reference to the CSS file inside by building environment. This causes the CSS loader to load the image files from the location on my building server. Something that does not work in my local computer. Builds I did on my local computer on the other hand work because the files are still at the location its looking for.
So now the problem seems to be limited to the binary css generation that stores a entirely wrong file reference.

1) Can you post the .jnlp file that you're using to deploy the app? An incorrect .jnlp can cause resource loading issues like this.
2) Give us the exact invocation of Thread.currentThread().getContextCLassLoader.getResource("") that you're using.
3) Report the contents of the .jar file, with the exact folder/path structure of the file(s) in the jar that you need to load. For example, 'My code is looking for example.png, it should be in the pics.jar file inside the folder com/mycompany/myimages', something like that.
WebStart takes some doing to get working, but I'd suspect the answer lies in there somewhere. If all else fails, I've found JaNeLa to be helpful in debugging web start deployment problems. http://pscode.org/janela/

Have you tried loading the css file with:
final String css = getClass.getResource("sheet.css").toExternalForm();
parent.getStylesheets.add(css); // taken that parent is the name for the Scene.
For the css:
-fx-border-image-source: url("../button/buttongray.png");
Using URL and Util.class is not something that is common to use for loading stylesheets afaik.
Maybe try NetBeans IDE 7.4. Personally i don't know Gradle.

Why does an image path no longer work once I compile my java files into a jar file?

I have a relatively basic java program which uses a system tray icon. The path I was using while writing the code is as follows "../images/logo.png". However, when I compile it into a jar file, the image does not show up in the system tray. Instead, if I change the path to "./images/logo.png", then the image shows up in the system tray when it's in the jar file form, but not while I'm testing.
It's not a major issue. However, I am curious to know why this inconsistency occurs.

When you package your program into a .jar file, your build is most likely copying the image into the same directory as the .jar file. However, when debugging in your ide, your image file lies one directory below.
Another possibility is that you are simply setting your Working Directly differently in the two scenarios.
Incidentally, you might be interested in embedding the image in your jar file, see:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/1096491/24954

This answer depends on two things. If the image file is embedded or not.
Embedded Resource
Once you have Jar'ed your application and the images are emebbed inside the application, normal file access methods will no longer work.
Trying to do something like...
new ImageIcon("../images/logo.png");
or
new File("../images/logo.png");
Won't work. This is because the resource is no longer a file within the context of the file system (it's actually a Zip entry in the Jar).
Instead, you need to use Class#getResource which will return a URL to the embedded resource.
new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("../images/logo.png"));
Will work better. In general though, it is recommended to use an absolute path to the resources new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/images/logo.png")); as it's generally more difficult to break (IMHO)
External Resource
The path to the image is relative to the execution point of the application.
In development, you may have had to move up a directory (out of the src folder presumably) to find the image resource. This will mean that you will need to store you Jar file in a folder that would require it step up one level before it could find the image resource.
If you can, it's generally better to embedded the resource within the Jar where possible. It makes it easier to deploy as you reduce the number of files you need to package and makes it (a little) harder for the user to mess with it ;)

Why is my BufferedImage receiving a null value from ImageIO.read()

BufferedImage = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/Images/player.gif"));
First of all, yes I did add the image folder to my classpath.
For this I receive the error java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: input == null!
I don't understand why the above code doesn't work. From everything I read, I don't see why it wouldn't. I've been told I should be using FileInputStream instead of GetResourceAsStream, but, as I just said, I don't see why. I've read documentation on the methods and various guides and this seems like it would work.
Edit: Okay, trying to clear some things up with regards to what I have in the classpath.
This is a project created in Eclipse. Everything is in the project folder DreamGame, including the "Images" folder. DreamGame is, of course, in the classpath. I know this works because I'm reading a text file in /Images with info on the gif earlier on in the code.
So I have: /DreamGame/Images/player.gif
Edit 2: The line that's currently in the original post is all that's being passed; no /DreamGame/Images/player.gif, just /Images/player.gif. This is from a method in the class ImagesLoader which is called when an object from PlayerSprite is created. The main class is DreamGame. I'm running the code right from Eclipse using the Run option with no special parameters
Trying to figure out how to find which class loader is loading the class. Sorry, compared to most people I'm pretty new at this.
Okay, this is what getClassLoader() gets me: sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader#4ba778
getClass().getResource(getClass().getName() + ".class") returns /home/gixugif/Documents/projects/DreamGame/bin/ImagesLoader.class
The image file is being put in bin as well. To double check I deleted the file from bin, cleaned the project, and ran it. Still having the same problem, and the image file is back in bin

Basically, Class.getResourceAsStream doesn't do what you think it does.
It tries to get a resource relative to that class's classloader - so unless you have a classloader with your filesystem root directory as its root, that won't find the file you're after.
It sounds like you should quite possibly really have something like:
BufferedImage = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/Images/player.gif"))
(EDIT: The original code shown was different, and had a full file system path.)
and you make sure that the images are copied into an appropriate place for the classloader of the current class to pick up the Images directory. When you package it into a jar file, you'd want the Images directory in there too.
EDIT: This bit may be the problem:
First of all, yes I did add the image folder to my classpath.
The images folder shouldn't be in the classpath - the parent of the Images folder should be, so that then when the classloader looks for an Images directory, it will find it under its root.

If you use resourceAsStream "/" referes to the root of the classpath entry, not to the root of the file system. looking at the path you are using this might be the reason.
If you load something from some home path you probably should use a FileInputStream. getResourceAsStream is for stuff that you deploy with your app.