Incorrect json file encoding when reading it from jar files

In general, there is such a code:

public File getResource(String resourceName) { File jarFile = new File(getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getPath()); if (jarFile.isFile()) { // Run with JAR file JarFile jar = null; try { jar = new JarFile(jarFile); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } final Enumeration<JarEntry> entries = jar.entries(); //gives ALL entries in jar while (entries.hasMoreElements()) { final String name = entries.nextElement().getName(); if (name.startsWith(resourceName + "/")) { //filter according to the path System.out.println(name); } } try { jar.close(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } else { // Run with IDE jarFile = new File(ResourceLoader.class.getClassLoader().getResource(resourceName).getFile()); } return jarFile; } 

I read the files from the src / resources folder, problems arise when reading the .json file: when I run through the IDE - the file’s contents are read normally, and when I run the code using the .jar the content is read in an incomprehensible encoding.

This is how I read the contents of the file:

  public String loadResourceFile(String resourceFileName) { File file = getResource(resourceFileName); BufferedReader reader = null; try { reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(file),"utf-8")); } catch (FileNotFoundException | UnsupportedEncodingException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } String line = null; StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder(); String ls = System.getProperty("line.separator"); try { while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { stringBuilder.append(line); stringBuilder.append(ls); } } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); return null; } finally { try { assert reader != null; reader.close(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } return stringBuilder.toString(); } 

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display the contents of the file

  ResourceLoader resourceLoader = new ResourceLoader(); String resource = resourceLoader.loadResourceFile("imgs.json"); JSONObject object = null; try { object = new JSONObject(resource); }catch (JSONException e){ System.out.println(e.getMessage()) } 

What could be the problem?