Loading images from a JAR

Hi,

My class is currently stored in a subdirectory of my JAR file, and in the directory with the class is a "textures" directory, containing all of my images.

When I run my class from the directory before I zip it up to be a JAR, it works fine. But, as soon as I run it as a JAR file, it crashes when loading the images.

Here's the code I'm using to load the images:

BufferedImage temp =null;

String path = this.getClass().getResource("textures/" + imagePath).toString();

temp = ImageIO.read(new File(new URI(path)));

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any assistance! =)

[752 byte] By [Hmmmmmma] at [2007-11-27 4:56:25]