[Solved] [1.12.2] Accessing files within the Mod jar

[simicats]

Greetings,

 

having built my mostly client-side Mod into a jar, I soon noticed that it lost access to custom JSON and other text files I had placed in sub-folders of the resource directory.

I've tried several approaches to getting an InputStream for both file listing and reading, yet most of them - if at all - only worked when running it within the IDE. 

-> My question is: Is there a common way to read custom files shipped in the Mod jar, but not part of what belongs to actual resources (textures, models, ...).

 

Some of the things I've tried so far:

Mod.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(path);

Stopped working once jarred (even with the target files sitting next to the class files).

Minecraft.getMinecraft().getResourceManager().getResource(loc).getInputStream();

Throws a java.io.FileNotFoundException and will most likely not work for iterating over folder contents either way.

 

Apologies if this counts more as a java question, I'm just hoping to find someone who has done this in their work here.
Thanks for your time!~

 

[Edit] by future Simi:

Thanks again to draco for the reference below. The ClassLoader approach seems to be working for known file locations.

I have not gotten file listings to work, but for now I will resort to naming all the files I need uniformly with just an index appended.

Have a good day!

 

 

Edited March 9, 2019 by simicats
The issue was resolved.

[DavidM]

What are you trying to achieve? Why are you trying to manually access files?

[simicats]

Hi David, 

For me, this mod serves as a tool for designing Buildings quickly. It works as follows:

1. You draw and arrange cuboids that specify the parts of the building. 

2. The mod goes through its collection of walls / corners / roofs / etc. to decorate the specified rooms with. 

3. Afterwards you choose or create a palette of Blocks to be used in the building.

 

I figured, in order to make this tool portable into whatever pack I'd like to play or share it with others,

I need the mod, all of its designs and the pre-defined block palettes shipped within the jar for convenience.

Cheers!

[Draco18s]

This might help:

https://github.com/Draco18s/ReasonableRealism/blob/1.12.1/src/main/java/com/draco18s/hardlib/CogHelper.java#L29

[simicats]

Hi Draco,

thank you for the reference, I'll give it a shot!