Add folder to classpath

Question

I have a the following source structure

/src/main/java
/src/main/resources
/src/main/resources/stuff
/src/main/resources/stuff/1.txt
/src/main/resources/stuff/2.txt

In my code I access the files in the stuff folder via:

ClassLoader.class.getResource("/stuff/1.txt").getFile()

When this is deployed it is deployed like this:

/
/lib
/lib/my-app.jar
/lib/other.jar
/lib/stuff

Currently my classpath is set to: lib/* but I can't resolve lib/stuff/1.txt in the way I do above. What do I need to set on the classpath for the above code to work?

Answer 1

It might be the difference between using relative and absolute paths as pointed out in this blog .

ClassLoader.class.getResource("lib/stuff/1.txt").getFile()

As pointed out by @Gimby, it'd be more efficient to use getResourseAsStream() .