Why can't resources from a jar file be loaded on my Windows?

Question

Java

Hello. Wrote a small program. In this program, I assign icons to the buttons. I take icons from the jar file itself. I write the path like this:

private static final String PATH_TO_IMAGE_RETURN =  File.separator + "images" + File.separator + "cross.png";

Then I use it like this:

Icon icon =  new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource(PATH_TO_IMAGE_RETURN));

On Linux everything works fine, on windows it doesn't.

Answer 1

Resource paths are always separated by / regardless of the operating system.