Christopher Schultz wrote:
> Tim,
>
> Tim Lucia wrote:
> > If you have an instance, then of course you have a this and of
> course you
> > can call getClass(). If you haven't got an instance, you can't call
> > getClass(). I.e.,
>
> > public Foo {
> > }
>
> > Foo.getClass() -- illegal.
>
> This is never legal, unless you implement your own static Foo.getClass
> method, which doesn't make too much sense. The use of a singleton or any
> other idiom is irrelevant.
>
> > Foo.class.getResourceAsStream() -- legal
>
> > Presumably the poster above meant "singleton" (private default
> constructor)
> > rather than Static, as classes aren't static. In this case, you cannot
> > instantiate an instance and so you can't have a this pointer.
>
> If the constructor is private, there's still a "this" pointer available.
> I think this is an academic argument anyway, since the OP was
> complaining that their InputStream was "blank" (whatever that means)
> instead of NULL, which is what one would expect if the file wasn't being
> loaded properly.
>
> It's clear that compiling isn't the problem... runtime behavior is what
> is not working.
>
> -chris
>
Just for the record, you are correct it was a runtime issue, HOWEVER,
the issue was related to my use of the getResourceAsStream returning
null, causing the path to be empty. The document Tim, sent was perfect
and lead me to produce the proper process.
Thomas
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