getResourceAsStream returns null

Question

I\'m loading a text file from within a package in a compiled JAR of my Java project. The relevant directory structure is as follows:

/src/initialization/Life         


        

Answer 1

Don't use absolute paths, make them relative to the 'resources' directory in your project. Quick and dirty code that displays the contents of MyTest.txt from the directory 'resources'.

@Test
public void testDefaultResource() {
    // can we see default resources
    BufferedInputStream result = (BufferedInputStream) 
         Config.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("MyTest.txt");
    byte [] b = new byte[256];
    int val = 0;
    String txt = null;
    do {
        try {
            val = result.read(b);
            if (val > 0) {
                txt += new String(b, 0, val);
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } 
    } while (val > -1);
    System.out.println(txt);
}