Read relative static file in src

Question

I have .tpl file containing some static content in a package in src. e.g. src/A/B/C/test.tpl and i'm trying to read it from a class sibling that file (src/A/B/C/Test).

I can't find it in any way! FileReader throws FileNotFoundException.

SOLUTION: Class.getResource() works. Problem is about tpl extension which will not be compiled by default. IDEs have setting to add extensions to compile. I used .html instead of updating compiler settings.

Test.class.getResource("/A/B/C/test.html").getPath().replace("%20", " ")

What do you need to do with the file? While it's inside the JAR you can get a URL reference to it or open it as an InputStream, but that's it. If you need a path to the file then you have to move it or extract it out of the JAR at runtime. — Sarel Botha
– Sarel Botha, Commented Dec 11, 2012 at 14:39
This is template file. I read it, replace some placeholders and tags then send it to print and flush... — AHHP
– AHHP, Commented Dec 11, 2012 at 14:43
If it works you should accept the answer... meta.stackexchange.com/questions/110460/… — Aviram Segal
– Aviram Segal, Commented Dec 12, 2012 at 7:03

Aviram Segal · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-11 14:30:38Z

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You should use ClassLoader.html#getResourceAsStream

getClassloader().getResourceAsStream(resourcePath);

answered Dec 11, 2012 at 14:30

Aviram Segal

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Mukus · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-11 14:34:41Z

How about moving the file to src/main/resources and then trying something like -

ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("classpath:/test.tpl"); try { context.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("test.tpl"); ... } catch (IOException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); }

Correct. Using "this" does not work in static context. So you can't do this.getClassLoader(). Just an example. I hadn't seen Aviram's answer.

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