Java Utililty Methods Resource Get

URL getResource(Class _class, String resource)
Find the requested resource (file) like Class.getResource(), but it works for both applets and applications.

URL url = _class.getResource(resource);
if (url == null) {
return url;

URL getResource(Class baseclass, String name)
E.g.

return baseclass.getResource("resources/" + name);

String getResource(Class c, String name)
get Resource

try {
 return c.getResource(name).toURI().toString();
} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
 throw new RuntimeException(e);

URL getResource(Class clazz, String resource)
get Resource

if (resource == null || resource.trim().length() == 0) {
 throw new IllegalArgumentException("resource is null!");
URL url = null;
if (clazz != null) {
 url = clazz.getResource(resource);
 if (url == null) {
 if (clazz.getClassLoader() != null) {
...

URL getResource(Class controllerClass)
Find the .fxml resource associated with a given controller class by location and naming conventions.

return getResource(controllerClass, getResourceName(controllerClass));

URL getResource(Class testClass, String resource)
get Resource

return testClass.getResource(getResourcePath(testClass, resource));

URL getResource(final Class clazz, final String res)
get Resource

final URL url = clazz.getResource(res);
if (url == null) {
 throw new RuntimeException("Resource '" + res + "' not found!");
} else {
 return url;

URL getResource(final Class aClass, final String aName)
Returns the resource with the given name from the "datafiles"-directory.

return getResource(aClass, "datafiles", aName);

URL getResource(final String name)
Get resource in privileged mode.

return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(name);

URL getResource(final String res)
get Resource

final URL edictGz = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(res);
if (edictGz == null) {
 throw new AssertionError("The " + res + " resource is missing");
return edictGz;