Java getClass().getResource(“file”) leads to NullPointerException

Question

I am following the zetcode Snake java games tutorial and always get this error:

ImageIcon iid = new ImageIcon(this.getClass().getResource(\"ball.png\"));
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Answer 1

Try using System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.class.path")); to find out location of your .class file and place the images in this folder.