Can't load image through the given file path

[lawncegoh]

Have these 2 lines in my duke main class.

private Image user = new Image(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/images/DaUser.png "));
private Image duke = new Image(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/images/DaDuke.png "));

These are the file paths:

/Users/lawnce/Desktop/duke/src/main/resources/images/DaUser.png
/Users/lawnce/Desktop/duke/src/main/resources/images/DaDuke.png

This is the error i encounter. I tried solving through the Slack channel's way of renaming the file directly to resources or adding / in front of images but it doesn't work somehow

[damithc]

Can you post the code to a branch and give the link here?

[lawncegoh]

Hi Prof,

This is the link my duke.java

https://github.com/lawncegoh/duke/blob/master/src/main/java/Duke.java

[damithc]

Just one file is not enough. Someone should be able to reproduce the problem by cloning your repo. Are all the relevant files in the master branch? If not, push the current state of the repo to a separate branch and give the link to the branch.

[kylase-learning]

Please read this to find out how to access file in your resources folder https://www.mkyong.com/java/java-read-a-file-from-resources-folder/

[lawncegoh]

https://github.com/lawncegoh/duke

[damithc]

@j-lum can help?

[j-lum]

Unable to reproduce error from cloning your repo.

[damithc]

Works or me too.

[danielwys]

I cloned your repo and managed to replicate the error:

The issue at hand is quite easily fixed: simply remove the trailing space after the file path for the two statements you posted:

private Image user = new Image(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/images/DaUser.png "));
private Image duke = new Image(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/images/DaDuke.png "));
to
private Image user = new Image(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/images/DaUser.png"));
private Image duke = new Image(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/images/DaDuke.png"));

The program executes successfully:

I infer that you're on Mac OS from the directory structure your indicated. It seems that Prof and Jeffry didn't encounter the issue as Mac OS/Unix systems in general are much more anal than Windows when it comes to file naming conventions (being case-sensitive by default, amongst other things).

edit: I just did some quick research and it turns out that Windows automatically removes whitespaces from directories while macOS/Unix does not. So do take note when addressing your file names!

Hope that helps and don't forget to close the issue if it's been resolved!