3 Replies Latest reply on Feb 17, 2015 5:36 AM by alwad

Using template files from Jar

alwad Feb 16, 2015 1:07 PM

Hi,

I am trying to use a template I put in src/main/resources

BTW, First, it was not included in the addon Jar built :/

I had to modify the pom like this

<build>

<resources>

<resource >

<directory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>

</resource>

</resources>

<finalName>ProjectName</finalName>

to have it included.

Now, I am trying to use it but how do I get a FileResource from the name of a file in the jar ?

I tried several options like

But I get an error message saying the file does not exist as the path included is wrong

BUT the file object within the FileResource is ok

The wrong path is prefixed with the project root !

So it looks like

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Template does not exist: d:\projects\myproject\file:\C:\Users\Me\.forge\addons\\fr-company-addons-ADDONS213b-1-0-1-SNAPSHOT\ADDONS213b-1.0.1-SNAPSHOT-forge-addon.jar!\voila.txt

In the debugger this is the value displayed for the fileresource I create (its toString I presume) although the toString of its file attribute is correct.

URL voilaURL = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("voila.txt");

File f = new File(voilaURL.getFile()) ;

FileResource<?> resource = ressfactory.create( f).reify(FileResource.class); // KO

FileResource resource = rfactory.create(new File(voilaURL.toURI()) ).reify(FileResource.class); // KO

I'm using version2.13.1 Final

Any idea ?

Thanks

1. Re: Using template files from Jar

alwad Feb 16, 2015 1:16 PM (in response to alwad)

Same behaviour with 2.14
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2. Re: Using template files from Jar

gastaldi Feb 16, 2015 1:26 PM (in response to alwad)

Hi Jerome,

Add your resources in the same folder structure as the Java class that will consume it and use getClass().getResource() to retrieve a URL instance out of it:

URL url = getClass().getResource("voila.txt");

Resource<?> resource = resourceFactory.create(url);

Tip: Using FileResource directly in your addon is a bad practice, as it relies on the physical file. The best would be to use Resource<?>. This makes your code unaware of the resource location.

Best Regards,

George Gastaldi
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3. Re: Using template files from Jar

alwad Feb 17, 2015 5:36 AM (in response to gastaldi)

Hello George,
Thank you

Indeed there is no need to use File or FileResource even if its a file after all (I'm a disciple of intuitive programming ).
That leads to a problem (project root appended before an ok full file path). (should I create a TestCase ?)

Unfortunately,
Resource<URL> templateResource = rfactory.create(getClass().getResource("voila.txt"));
brings null in templateResource although this syntax is used in the angular-js addon for example (FreemarkerClientTest.java)

For future reference, a working code is :
Resource<URL> templateResource = rfactory.create(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("voila.txt"));
Template template = tfactory.create(templateResource, FreemarkerTemplate.class);

I'm using Java 7.0.40 on w7 64 and it works on my machine, today

As I plan to have a quantity of templates I prefer to put them in resources, separated from java sources.
I'll file an improvement request about that because what's the point of having the maven tree if a part of it is not used by default.

Cheers,

Jerome
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		Resource<URL> templateResource = rfactory.create(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("voila.txt"));
		Template template = tfactory.create(templateResource, FreemarkerTemplate.class);