Bundle

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How to read a file included in a bundle
The following method reads currency codes from a text file using a FileLocator. In this example I look for the file in the default bundle, but you can access other bundles through the Platform object.

The Eclipse classes involved in this operation are:
org.eclipse.core.runtime.FileLocator
org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath
org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path
org.osgi.framework.Bundle

	public static String[] codeArray() {
		String line;
		ArrayList codeList = new ArrayList();

		Bundle bundle = Activator.getDefault().getBundle();
		// or bundle = Platform.getBundle("yourBundleIDHere");

		IPath path = new Path("/data/currency.txt"); // from plugin root
		try {
			//get stream using the FileLocator
			InputStream stream = FileLocator.openStream(bundle, path, false);
			// create a buffered reader
			BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream));
			//read the file
			while((line = reader.readLine()) != null){
				codeList.add(line);
			}
		}
		catch (IOException ioe) {
			System.err.print(ioe.getMessage());
			ioe.printStackTrace(System.err);
		}

		//Extract array, sort, return
		String[] array = codeList.toArray(new String[0]);
		Arrays.sort(array);
		return array;
	}

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