Eclipse Executable Jar Resource Files - java

I would like to export my Java program, but I have run into problems. It exports fine but my resource files like my res folder and my sound folder aren't there. They are located in the project directory, so I don't know if that should be a problem. I am currently just using ImageIcon().getImage() to get my pictures and that works fine but when I export and run it the program runs but it doesn't have any pictures. Any help would be greatly appreciated

The problem is that once the images/sounds are inside the jar you must access them as a resource.
Image image = new ImageIcon(this.getClass().getResource("/image.gif")).getImage();
Make sure the images are really inside the jar opening the jar with winrar or similar if not add the folders as source folders in your buildpath.

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How to include some folder in target but not in out folder in IntelliJ IDEA

Surely there will be an answer to my question but I've been trying for days and I can't in any way.
This in the picture is the structure of my target folder. I would like to make the folders: image and video not be placed in the .jar file once the file is built but be placed as external folders in the same location as the .jar file.
However, I would like the folders to remain in the target file to allow me to access them via class.getResource during the test phase but once I have obtained the .jar file I have to be able to change these images at will and I don't want them to be present inside the .jar.
I hope I made myself clear.
I tried something inside the project structure but with no result
Structure folder

java - Eclipse won't export with declared source folder

I'm trying to export my Java game as a Runnable Jar which works, but when I open it up I get an error that my files aren't present.
Picture of error:
Picture of res folder in eclipse:
The game runs perfectly fine in Eclipse.
I have added the res folder as a source folder.
Thank you!
The contents of a jar file are not java.io.Files. Understand that you don't actually care about the files, you want their contents, so start using getResourceAsStream()--it works for both cases pretty transparently.

Eclipse Files Not Found? Works with JCreator

Well I have these .java files in JCreator.
When I compile them in JCreator, it's fine, all files and folders are read and no errors occurred. But, I need to compile them in an Eclipse project to pass it to my professor. Then the problems started.
I added the .java files in a new Eclipse project and into a new package inside the
src folder
Then after that, I made a new Folder in the project called
res
and added it to the build path as a source Folder and added the files and folders in it.
>Use as Source Folder
All sub-folders are fine same name and stuff, Refreshed the project a few times, checked the build path, but when I execute the program, It says:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: sounds\bgmusic.wav (The system cannot find the path specified)
from this line:
InputStream test = new FileInputStream("sounds\bgmusic.wav");
Same folder name, same file, added it to the Build Path and stuff. Also, I repeat, It does not find ALL the files in the resource folder: Pictures, Sounds Fonts and other stuff. I already made some projects in Eclipse and I had successfully added pictures and sounds in them. But what's the problem with this?
Thanks for the help!
Try this:
ClassLoader.getResourceAsStream ("sounds\bgmusic.wav");
I hope it resolves your issue.
You can also refer below link:
http://www.javaworld.com/article/2077352/java-se/smartly-load-your-properties.html

Exporting processing to a jar file

I've been working on a processing application using ControlP5 and Twitter4j. I want to have my project run from a single jar file from any operating system. Basically I want to package up my application. My application uses images. I've been browsing for more than an hour, but I cant find how to do this. Any suggestions?
using
processing 2
twitter4j3
Thanks in advance!
I dont know if you can directly do it from the Processing IDE however, if export your sketch to a Java applet then locate the .java the the sketch folder you can use this in conjunction with Eclipse to export to a jar file.
So, I know that this post is very old but if you are still looking for a solution, or to other people that see this thread, it's relatively simple.
Export the project
In the folder with the exported project (something like application.windows64), navigate to lib and find core.jar and project name.jar (you need to have file name extensions visible)
Rename the files to .zip files
Extract core.jar to whatever folder
Extract project name.jar into the same folder (make sure you don't do it into a subfolder)
Click yes if it asks if it wants you to replace a file (if it doesn't you extracted the files incorrectly)
Delete core.jar and project name.jar
If the project uses images, move them into the same folder as all the other files
Select all of the files in the folder, right click, hover over send to and select compressed (zipped) folder
Rename the .zip file to name of project.jar
This might be old, but i still find other posts about it on processing forums.
This is the best way to run processing project as a jar file.
When exporting application, you will always end up with a lib folder inside exported application(whether for Linux and Windows). For windows, open command prompt(or power shell), you can use right-click+shift and then click on open power shell here.
After that you can run the following command.
java -classpath lib\* DisplayDepthStream
Now DisplayDepthStream is the name of sketch file.
To explain the command, -classpath lib\* tells java to add everything under lib directory to the class path. And DisplayDepthStream is the name of my main class.
Hope this helps~!
Chears

Netbeans created Jar does not work, but inside IDE program works

The Netbeans created Jar does not work, but inside the IDE program it works perfectly.
I believe that the main class is set, so I'm not sure what the problem is, I think it might have something to do with the txt files I'm using, in the IDE they are in C:\Users\J\Documents\NetBeansProjects\PointOfSale\src\pointofsale (the text files are with my java files). After building the dist/ jar though the text files are inside the jar with no folders or anything (Jar is in C:\Users\J\Documents\NetBeansProjects\PointOfSale\dist). I this this might be the problem, if its helpful, I access the files using
File file = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir")+"\\src\\pointofsale\\list.txt");
You need to use Class.getResourceAsStream() to load the file. It searches from inside the classpath (and therefore from inside the jar). Now you can't load the list.txt because it doesn't exist in the directory you're specifying, it's inside your jar.
Something along the lines of
getClass().getResourceAsStream("list.txt"); // Or "/list.txt"
Will give you an InputStream you can use to load the file contents.

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