How do I write/read/delete contents of a text file located in my resources folder?

Question

I have a text file in my resource folder and I need to be able to read/remove/add text. I believe I have to use append so I tried this.

Files.write(Paths.get(Testing.class.getResource("/testresources/SearchList.txt").getPath())
, "the text".getBytes(), StandardOpenOption.APPEND);

This gives me back

Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal char <:> at index 2: /C:/Users/Ben/workspace/Eve/bin/org/me/Testing/resources/SearchList.txt

If anyone could should me some clarity on this subject that would be great. Thankyou!

Answer 1

This worked for me fine:

You should add the text file to a raw folder. If the raw folder does not exist in your resource directory, create one. And then in order to access it and write or edit it, use this:

OutputStream outputStream=getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.YourTextFile);

then in order to Read from the file, you should do this

InputStream inputStream=getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.YourTextFile);

Answer 2

A leading slash is being automatically added to your path - /C:/Users/Ben/workspace/Eve/bin/org/me/Testing/resources/SearchList.txt

Lots of solutions have been suggested here in answers, Java NIO file path issue

Use any of those mentioned answers as your solution.

Also, for files intended to be in jar, You need to use Paths method public static Path get(URI uri) instead of public static Path get(String first,String... more) See How to get a path to a resource in a Java JAR file