gistfile1.java

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.net.URL;

/**
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */
public class Utils {

    public static byte[] getBytes(String name) throws IOException {
        URL url = Utils.class.getClassLoader().getResource(name);

        InputStream in = url.openStream();
        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

        int i = in.read();
        while (i != -1) {
            baos.write(i);
            i = in.read();
        }

        byte[] bytes = baos.toByteArray();
        return bytes;
    }
}