Java, reading a file from current directory?

Question

I want a java program that reads a user specified filename from the current directory (the same directory where the .class file is run).

In other words, if the user

Answer 1

If you know your file will live where your classes are, that directory will be on your classpath. In that case, you can be sure that this solution will solve your problem:

URL path = ClassLoader.getSystemResource("myFile.txt");
if(path==null) {
     //The file was not found, insert error handling here
}
File f = new File(path.toURI());

reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(f));