Resource files not found from JUnit test cases

Question

Summary

My JUnit tests are not finding the files they require during execution. I\'m using Maven for dependency management and compilation.

Answer 1

My mistake, the resource files WERE actually copied to target/test-classes. The problem seemed to be due to spaces in my project name, e.g. Project%20Name.

I'm now loading the file as follows and it works:

org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.toFile(myClass().getResource("resourceFile.txt")‌​);

Or, (taken from Java: how to get a File from an escaped URL?) this may be better (no dependency on Apache Commons):

myClass().getResource("resourceFile.txt")‌​.toURI();