Thread: Class loader , InputStream-AudioStream (method) , returns an AudioStream Objet

omg i thought i finished everything, i forgot the sound files for the program.
heres a code in a method that returns an ImageIcon using Class loader and getResource(<Strig

    /** Returns an ImageIcon, or null if the path was invalid. */
    protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path) {
 
        java.net.URL imgURL = HighScoreUserWindow.class.getResource(path);
 
        if (imgURL != null) {
 
            return new ImageIcon(imgURL);
        }
        else {
 
            System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + path);
            return null;
        }
    }

and i was attempting the same approach for locating .au files, but i just keep getting errors like i cant return the audioStream object

public AudioStream getAudioStream(String path) {
 
        InputStream iStream = SoundEffectSample.class.getResourceAsStream(path);
        AudioStream aStream;
 
        try {
            aStream = new AudioStream(iStream);
 
 
        } catch (IOException ex) {
 
            Logger.getLogger(SoundEffectSample.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
 
        return aStream;
    }

i was searching on google, but i cant find anything that can help me with this, i just want to know, how would this kind of approach be possible , thanks again

just keep getting errors

Please copy and paste here the full text of the error message.
If needed, Use printStackTrace to get the full error message.

sorry, what i mean with the error is, when i try to return an audio stream object, it cannot see the part where it was initialized(inside the try block)
it requires me to initialize it, i dont know where to put the initializiation and the return part, im messing up

Where is the posted error message?
I'm assuming that it is a scope problem for a variable?
Move the definition of the variable to the same scope as where you are referencing it.
Assign it an initial value of null.

  public static AudioStream getAudioStream(String path) throws IOException {
 
        InputStream iStream = SoundEffectSample.class.getResourceAsStream(path);
        AudioStream aStream = new AudioStream(iStream);;
 
 
        return aStream;
    }

i tried to throw and exception instead of catching it, and i got these errors

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
	at sun.audio.AudioStream.<init>(AudioStream.java:48)
	at kkk.TestPackage.SoundEffectSample.getAudioStream(SoundEffectSample.java:43)
	at kkk.TestPackage.SoundEffectSample.main(SoundEffectSample.java:30)
Java Result: 1

at kkk.TestPackage.SoundEffectSample.getAudioStream(S oundEffectSample.java:43)

Find What variable on line 43 is null?
Then back track to see why it is null.

norm im im really messed up, , maybe i should get straight, i should have asked for a simple code that will do the same thing as the method that gets an image through class loader, if you dont mind

Sorry, I don't understand. What image?
Where are you trying to get an image?

The ImageIO class has methods for getting images.

oh sorry, i think i really need to practice my english as well, what i mean is,
a method like this that returns an AudioStream

 /** Returns an ImageIcon, or null if the path was invalid. */
    protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path) {
 
        java.net.URL imgURL = MyClass.class.getResource(path);
 
        if (imgURL != null) {
 
            return new ImageIcon(imgURL);
        }
        else {
 
            System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + path);
            return null;
        }
    }

the images that this method is calling is on the same package/dir,
im attempting to put the audio files on the same directory, and i want to call those audio using this kind of approach, i was researching
i only found the use of getResourceAsStream() method but im having some problems using this kind of approach.

Looks like a path problem. If your code is in a package, you have to consider that.
Try more combinations of paths until getResourceAsStream finds the file.

Write a small test program that gets an InputStream to a text file and use Scanner to read the file and print its contents. Make many versions of the file with different contents and put them in all the possible combinations of folders. Execute the program. When it reads the file and displays the contents you will know by looking at what is displayed which file was read. Then make changes to the path and to the package statement and do it again. You should see which package and path go together for the program to be able to find and read the file.

finally!! i solved it! and yes and thank you! thats what i did, i tried different combinations , file names, file paths, file location and even the code it self

public static void playMusic() {
 
        try {
 
            URL url = MainBackgroundSound.class.getResource("fileName.file");
            audioPlayer = Manager.createRealizedPlayer(url);
        } 
        catch (Exception ex) {
 
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
 
        audioPlayer.start();
    }

public void Play() {
 
        try {
 
            // make sure that this audio file is at the same package as 
            // this class is
            iStream = SoundAuClassLoaderSample.class.getResourceAsStream("ExternalFilesSoundAndImages\\samp.au");
            aStream = new AudioStream(iStream);
        }
        catch (Exception ex) {
 
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
 
        AudioPlayer.player.start(aStream);
    }

these is where i ended up, either using sun.audio package or javax.media. i manage to get the file through getting it from a URL class loader or as an input stream. finnaly, i can manage to organize and locate my images and sound files in a better way, thanks again for your time norm !

oh and by the way, thanks for giving me this additional knowledge

Write a small test program that gets an InputStream to a text file and use Scanner to read the file and print its contents.

Doing it yourself with a small test program will often be a faster way to find a solution than posting a big program here and waiting for someone to make suggestions.