How to load file from resources directory in Java

Question

I am trying to load a properties file directly from the resources directory of my Java project and am getting a null pointer exception. Can someone pl explain how to do it?

Code-

String resourceName = "config-values.properties"; 
Properties props = new Properties();
try(InputStream resourceStream = getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(resourceName)) {
            props.load(resourceStream);
        }

My folder structure is - /src/packageName and /src/resources/

Answer 1

Adding another way to do it without stream

File ourFile = new File(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("yourFile.txt").getFile());

and then you can do things like

ourFile.getAbsolutePath()