Load image to ImageView JavaFX

Question

I would like to display image(saved in project folder) in dialog window, but when I run my method showDialogWithImage I get FileNotFoundExcpetion: imgs\pic1.jpg (The system cannot find the file specified), although the image is located there. I have tried load image on this way too: Image image = new Image(getClass().getResourceAsStream(path));, but got the same problem. Are there some others possibilities to load image to ImageView ? Thank you for help! My Java code is located in src\myProject\gui in project folder. path="imgs\pic1.jpg" // imgs is located in project folder ``` public void showDialogWithImage(String path) { final Stage dialogStage = new Stage(); logger.info(path); InputStream is = null; try { is = new FileInputStream(path); // here I get FileNotFoundException } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } Image image = new Image(is); ImageView view = new ImageView(); view.setImage(image); Button btnOK = new Button("OK"); btnOK.setOnAction(new EventHandler<…

Accepted Answer

`getClass().getResourceAsStream(path)` will start its file search from the location of the calling class. So by using this path `"imgs\pic1.jpg"`, you're saying this is your file structure

```
src\myProject\gui\imgs\pic1.jpg
```

To have the search traverse back, you need the extra separator before `imgs`. So

```
"\imgs\pic1.jpg"
```

Also, I think when you use a back slash as separator, you need to escape it. So

```
"\imgs\pic1.jpg
```

Or just use forward slash

```
"/imgs/pic1.jpg
```

Another option is to use a class loader, that will search from the root, where you don't need the beginning separator

```
getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("imgs/pic1.png");
```

Load image to ImageView JavaFX

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