Copy Resource File to Folder?
java
Solution
You can read a file stored in your jar using:
Class.getResourceAsStream(pathToFile);
See this question for details.
Problem
I have a need to generate complicated text files from a Java desktop application. I've decided the code would be considerably easier to implement if I could copy a template file and tailor it to whatever needs to be constructed. I will only be distributing a jar to the customers. Is there a best-practice on how to handle this? - Is it even possible to copy a resource from the jar at runtime? - Is it better to "auto-generate" a template on first execution of the jar?