bufferedimage - Java using an image inside a .jar file -

i know questions have been asked before, have looked , tried lot of answers , none of them work. trying use image inside .jar file. image stored in directory /world/maps/map1.jpg.

            bufferedimage bigimg;             try             {                 bigimg = imageio.read(getclass().getresourceasstream("/world/maps/" + name + ".jpg"));             }             catch(exception e)             {                 system.out.println(e + ": error");                 bigimg = null;             } 

thanks help.

forgot make clear class file in same directory image

if directory tree like:

someclass.class world |--maps    |--image.jpg 

you can use reference like:

someclass.class.getresource("./world/maps/image.jpg") 

if class inside directory, add ../ path.