Spring Boot access static resources missing scr/main/resources

Question

I am working on a Spring Boot application. I need to parse an XML file (countries.xml) on start. The problem is that I do not understand where to put it so that I could acce

Answer 1

To get the files in the classpath :

Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("countries.xml");
File file = resource.getFile();

To read the file onStartup use @PostConstruct:

@Configuration
public class ReadFileOnStartUp {

    @PostConstruct
    public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {

        //Gets the XML file under src/main/resources folder
        Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("countries.xml");
        File file = resource.getFile();
        //Logic to read File.
    }
}

Here is a Small example for reading an XML File on Spring Boot App startup.