In Eclipse, Junit is not picking up files from src/test/resources folder.

Question

I have a java, gradle project. My Junit

src/test/java/hello/TestHelloWorld.java 

picks some configurations from

src/test/resources/testdata0010.csv 

the code in Junit to pick this file is

    URL url = this.getClass().getResource("/testdata0010.csv");
    File testWsdl = new File(url.getFile());

When I run

gradle test 

this works alright. The Junit is able to pick data from the csv file.

When I run the Junit in Eclipse, ie by Shift+Alt+XT, then the Junit breaks with a null pointer exception.

I understand the reason. When I run Junit inside eclipse, it looks for the file in the same folder, does not find it and fails. However, when I run the test using gradle, the csv file is already available in classpath and hence the Junit finds it.

I am looking for some way to have Junit work from within Eclipse.

Answer 1

Ended up being quite simple really. If you include any folder into the buildpath in Eclipse (by rightclicking on the folder and then choose buildpath from the menu) you can solve the problem. Now when I run Junit from within Eclipse, it find the csv file in the buildpath and works well. Care needs to be taken to have this work with gradle or maven, whatever your choice of builder is.