Including images and font

[Dadaa Aressio]

Hello. I'm trying to include some resources (images and fonts) in my project. As of now is works if I run the project from Eclipse or if I export a runnable jar via Eclipse (all files in one jar). But if I build my project with ant it doesn't work.

Here is the addImage method:

	public void addImage(String imagePath) {
		/* Carica l'indirizzo dell'immagine */
		URL imageUrl = getClass().getResource(imagePath);
		/* Carica l'immagine */
		Image myPicture = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(imageUrl);
		ImageIcon image = new ImageIcon(myPicture);
		/* Inserisci l'immagine nella gameText */
		gameText.insertIcon(image);
	}

which I call like this:

addImage("/jork/thegame/resources/images/intro-ork.png");

Here is the setFont method:

	public final void setGameTextFont(String fontPath, int size) {
		/* Carica la risorsa */
		InputStream in = Gui.class.getResourceAsStream(fontPath);
		try {
			/* Crea un nuovo font */
			Font font = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, in);
			/* Applicalo alla gameText settando la dimensione a size */
			gameText.setFont(font.deriveFont((float) size));
		} catch (FontFormatException e) {
			/* Salva il messaggio di errore */
			Logger.log(e.getMessage());
		} catch (IOException e) {
			/* Salva il messaggio di errore */
			Logger.log(e.getMessage());
		}
	}

which I call like this:

setGameTextFont("/jork/thegame/resources/fonts/LucidaTypewriterRegular.ttf", Constants.GAMETEXTFONT);

And finally here is my build.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

<project basedir="." name="GestioneStudenti" default="compile"> <!-- default="sonar"  -->
	
	<property name="src.dir" value="./src" />
	<property name="build.dir" location="./build" />
	<property name="lib.dir" location="./lib" />

	<!-- Add the Sonar task -->
		<taskdef uri="antlib:org.sonar.ant" resource="org/sonar/ant/antlib.xml">
				<classpath path="/usr/share/ant/lib/" />
		</taskdef>
	
	<target name="clean">
		<delete dir="${build.dir}"/>
	</target>
	
	<target name="prepare" depends="clean">
		<mkdir dir="${build.dir}"/>
	</target>
	
	<target name="compile" depends="prepare" description="Compila tutte le classi"> <!--depends="prepare"-->	
			<echo message="Compiling application sources..."/>
			<javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.dir}"/> 
		<!-- classpathref = "compile.path" /-->
	</target>
	
	
	<target name="sonar" depends="compile" description="Invia il progetto a Sonar">
			
			<echo message="WARNING::: Assicurasi che sonar sia in esecuzione!" />
					
			<property name="sonar.sources" value="${src.dir}" />
			<property name="sonar.java.source" value="1.6" />
			<property name="sonar.java.target" value="1.6" />
			
			<property name="sonar.binaries" value="${build.dir}" />
			<property name="sonar.libraries" value="${lib.dir}" />
			<!--property name="sonar.tests" value="${test.dir}" /-->
			<!--property name="sonar.dynamicAnalysis" value="reuseReports" /-->
			<sonar:sonar key="it.uniroma2:lmp" version="0.1" xmlns:sonar="antlib:org.sonar.ant"/>

		</target>

	
</project>

Can anyone point out what I'm doing wrong?

[Paul Clapham]

I don't see anything in your Ant code which writes images and fonts into the jar. Actually I don't even see anything there which writes java classes into the jar. Perhaps it's that "sonar" which is supposed to do those things? If so, you should look and see what it is doing and how it does it.

(Let me move this to our forum where Ant questions are asked, perhaps it will get better answers there.)

[Dadaa Aressio]

Ok so I changed the prepare task in the build.xml like this:

	<target name="prepare" depends="clean">
		<mkdir dir="${build.dir}" />
		<mkdir dir="${build.dir}/jork/thegame/resources" />
		<copy todir="${build.dir}/jork/thegame/resources">
			<fileset dir="${src.dir}/jork/thegame/resources" />
		</copy>
	</target>

And it works as expected. It seems a bit bulky so now I'm wondering if it is the correct way of doing it. Again thanks

[Paul Clapham]

It seems to me that you would have to do something extra to copy the resources into the build directory, I don't see why it should happen automatically. And what you posted does that. However I would put the actual copying of the resources into the "compile" target rather than the "prepare" target.

[Dadaa Aressio]

Paul Clapham wrote:It seems to me that you would have to do something extra to copy the resources into the build directory, I don't see why it should happen automatically. And what you posted does that. However I would put the actual copying of the resources into the "compile" target rather than the "prepare" target.

Thanks for the advice

[Darryl Burke]

Dadaa, please BeForthrightWhenCrossPostingToOtherSites
http://www.java-forums.org/new-java/62722-including-images-font.html

[Dadaa Aressio]

Darryl Burke wrote:Dadaa, please BeForthrightWhenCrossPostingToOtherSites
http://www.java-forums.org/new-java/62722-including-images-font.html

I know it can be frustrating, and I am aware of that. I did so only because I wasted an hour on a couple IRC channels without getting an answer and wanted to maximize my chance of getting an answer. As you might notice I kept all three (you missed this) threads updated as not to leave hanging threads.
I hope you understand.

PS. I wont copy this answer to the other forum you moderate in, as far as I'm concerned you can mark as solved and close both threads you have power over. Thanks and sorry again