Invoking a constructor with a file as an argument

Question

I have a class SpellingSuggestor, whose constructor has the signature

public SpellingSuggestor(File file) throws IOException { // something }

I want to invoke its constructor from another class. The code goes something like this

public class NLPApplications
    public static void main(String[] args) {    
        String w= "randomword";
        URL url = getClass().getResource("big.txt");
        File file = new File(url.getPath());

        System.out.println((new SpellingSuggestor(file)).correct(w));   
    }
}

But the above shows error in the URL url.. line saying

URL cannot be resolved to a type.
cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getClass() from the type Object.

What is going wrong ?

I looked at this question How to pass a text file as a argument?. I am not comfortable with handling files in Java and so this question.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 29 '13 at 05:42

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Import :

import java.net.URL;

Use the class literal:

URL url = NLPApplications.class.getResource("big.txt");

answered Apr 29 '13 at 05:42

AllTooSir

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Even then, it gives an error saying "URL cannot be resolved to a type." – OneMoreError Apr 29 '13 at 05:43

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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getclass() is a non-static method and you can not make reference from static main method.

why it is so? find here it is already answered by danben

And work around is -

NLPApplications.class.getClass().getResource("big.txt");

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Apr 29 '13 at 05:46

Subhrajyoti Majumder

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 29 '13 at 05:51

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because you are trying to access a non-static method in static Main method which is not allowed, you have to use TheClassName.class instead of getClass().

answered Apr 29 '13 at 05:51

Zaheer Ahmed

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Invoking a constructor with a file as an argument

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