Resolving relative path when running ClasspathSuite

Question

When I run JUnit tests using ClasspathSuite and one of the unit tests wants to load a file using a relative path, it will use the base path of ClasspathSuite instead of the base path of the unit test.

So for example if the unit test tries to load a file like this:

File file = new File("src/test/resources/test.xml");

it will try to load that file relative to the location of ClasspathSuite and not relative to the location of the unit test.

Is there any way to change this?

Answer 1

I assume you are using eclipse. Use MYClass.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(<fileName>) . As it is in resources getClassLoader() will be able to get the location of the file easily, if you are using eclipse. Your code would be,

File file = new File(MYClass.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("test.xml"));