Loading image in MVC class

[oldtenen]

Hello,

I have Spring MVC application and I'm creating PDF view which I did successfully.

Now I want to add picture to my PDF view and from one of my class I tried

  Image image=Image.getInstance("/resources/img/logo.png");

but I'm getting FileNotFoundException - C:\resources\img\logo.png (The system cannot find the path specified)

Can someone please tell me where should I put my image and how to load it from my class.

[rjsalicco]

Are you using iText to create your PDF?

Your code is trying to access the file system where the image does not exist (C:\resources\img\logo.png). If your image existed in the aforementioned location, it should work. You can also utilize a URL to reference an image.

String imageUrl = "http://website.com/myImage.jpg";

Image image = Image.getInstance(new URL(imageUrl));
document.add(image);

[oldtenen]

Yes, I'm using iText for PDF and that part is fine.

My image is in folder webapp/resources/img/logo.png of my MVC application.

I could use absolute url like you suggested but I want to use relative url so when I change server I don't need to change this url.

Is there a way to do this?

[oldtenen]

I solved the problem
In case anyone needs this, create package for example com.company.images and put your images there.
Then get your image with

URL imageUrl = getClass().getResource("com/company/images/logo.jpg");
Image image = Image.getInstance(imageUrl);