Why does IResource.getRawLocation() return null for IProject

Question

I need the absolute location of a project folder, so I tried

project.getRawLocation()

but this returns null (at least in my c

Answer 1

The JavaDoc for getRawLocation() says

If this resource is an existing project, the returned path will be equal to the location path in the project description.

and the JavaDoc for the project description IProjectDescription.getLocation() says:

null is returned if the default location should be used

The getLocation() call will return a path.