How to reference a resource file correctly for JAR and Debugging?

Question

I have a nasty problem referencing resources when using a Maven project and Jar files...

I have all my resources in a dedicated folder /src/main/resources which is p

Answer 1

If you add the resources directory in the jar file (so it is under the /resources folder in the jar, and if /src/main is in your build path in eclipse, then you should be able to reference your file as:

getClass().getResource("/resources/filename.txt");  

Which should work in both environments.