How to read xml or xsl from jar file

[Amar, Nandigam]

Hi all,
I would like to know whether it is possible to read an xml and xsl file that are within a jar file? If possible, how?
thanks,
amar.

[Vlad Patryshev]

We are talking about java, right? Then the following will help:

import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
import java.util.jar.JarFile;
  private void scanJar(JarFile jar, String tableName)
    throws IOException {
    if (verbose) System.out.println("JAR: " + jar.getName());
    for (Enumeration entries = jar.entries(); entries.hasMoreElements()  [img]http://www.javaranch.com/ubb/wink.gif[/img] {
      JarEntry entry = (JarEntry)entries.nextElement();
      String name    = entry.getName();
      if (name.endsWith("myPreciousXmlFile.xml")) {
...

[This message has been edited by Vlad Patryshev (edited July 03, 2001).]

[Amar, Nandigam]

Hi Vlad,
thanks for your reply. I have one more question. If my xml file is in a jar file which itself is in another jar file, how do I access it. For example I have to read an xml file from war file which is in a ear file. Can I convert JarEntry of war file into a JarFile and acess xml file from it? I was looking at API of JarFile, I couldn't see a constructor which takes JarEntry. Is this possible?
thanks,
amar.