How do I reference a text file from within an Eclipse JUnit java class ?

Question

I have the following workspace directory structure :

And I thought that I could refer to the text file just using relative paths :

"src/main/resources/test/binary_Message.txt"

But this is not registering for some reason.

I am wondering did you miss 'config' in your relative path? Refer to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/437382/how-do-relative-file-paths-work-in-eclipse. — wannadream, Apr 25 '17 at 05:51
The path you need to give is as it is stored in the classpath, not the file system. — Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen, Apr 25 '17 at 06:14

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 25 '17 at 06:04

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getClass().getResource("/config/test/binary_Message.txt");

Btw, it would make more sense to put the file under src/test/resources if it is really meant for testing only.

answered Apr 25 '17 at 06:04

Ville Oikarinen

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