InputStream.getResourceAsStream() giving null pointer exception

Question

The line persistenceProperties.load(is); is throwing a nullpointerexception in the following method. How can I resolve this error?

Answer 1

I recently had the same problem and came upon the solution that I had to put my resources in a path the same way organized as where was getClass().getResourceAsStream(name) situated. And I still had a problem after doing that. Later on, I discovered that creating a package org.smth.smth only had created a folder named like that "org.smth.smth" and not a folder org with a folder smth and a folder inside smth... So creating the same path structure solved my problem. Hope this explanation is understandable enough.