Java- relative path of text file in main?

Question

I was wondering how to specifiy a relative path name to a text file that is stored in my src folder of a java project. I would like to store a string with the path of this

Answer 1

If you are using eclipse, place your text file in the root of the project folder, outside the /src and /bin folders. It should be now accessible via a relative path directly.

If you want to access a file in src folder, you have to append the /src/ prefix before the file path/name