My Java application needs to be able to find a `myconfig/` directory which will be bundled inside the same JAR:

```
myjar.jar/
    com/
        me/
            myproject/
                ConfigLoader.java --> looks for myconfig/ directory and its contents
    myconfig/
        conf-1.xml
        conf.properties
        ... etc.

```

How do I actually go about reading this `myconfig/` directory off the runtime classpath? I've done some research and it seems that the normal method of reading a **file** from the classpath doesn't work for **directories**:

```
InputStream stream = ConfigLoader.class.getResourceAsStream("myconfig");

```

So does anyone know how to read an entire directory from the runtime classpath (as opposed to a single file)? Thanks in advance!

Please note: It is not possible to load the files individually, `myconfig` is a directory with thousands of properties files inside it.