What's the best way of storing and extracting files inside the .jar archive?

I am looking for a way to store files inside the jar (and extract them), but it must work when running/debugging 开发者_如何学Pythonfrom Eclipse as well.

explanation: Storing files as in images that I want to use for an icon of a Frame. I hope it's clear now.

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I still think that the question is a bit unclear.

What is it that you want to do? You can create and read from jar-files using JarInputStream/JarOutputStream, and you can also read files from jar-files that are on the classpath using Class.getResourceAsStream(String name)

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I don not get your question clearly. Eclipse can export runnable jar files , right click on the project name and choose export. Then from the dialog choose runnable jar file under java category.

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Creating JAR file using Eclipse IDE is pretty much easy.

Follow the simple steps.
1. Right click on your project, which you want to create a JAR file.
2. Select Export from the context menu.

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Eclipse understands Ant build files. Write a build file that (compiles &) Jar's the code at the same time and this becomes a non-issue.