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

What worked for me is I placed the file under

src/main/java/myfile.log

and

InputStream is = getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("myfile.log");
        
        if (is == null) {
            throw new FileNotFoundException("Log file not provided");
        }