Java class.getResourceAsStream does not work for files with leading dot

Question

Running this Maven project from Eclipse this does not work:

MyClass.class.getResourceAsStream("/package/to/my/resource/" + ".gitignore");

But when I rename the .gitignore to gitignore this works pretty fine:

MyClass.class.getResourceAsStream("/package/to/my/resource/" + "gitignore");

The resource files are located under src/main/resources/package/to/my/resource/ . The maven-resources-plugin is not configured in the pom.xml.

The .* files are not moved to target/classes.

Answer 1

Java shouldn't have any problem with "hidden" files. You need to check the output/target folder after building the project. You should find there a /package/to/my/resource/.gitignore file. If you cannot find it you should double check Java Build Path in project properties if there is no exclusion for files which begin with a dot.