Load file from resources by relative path (Spring)

Question

I have spring project. My file here: /src/main/java/resources/file.txt.

How I can get full path of this?

If I run from test it works:

String path = System.getProperty("user.dir") + "/src/main/java/resources/file.txt";

But if I use tomcat, it shows another path inside tomcat folder. So spring cannot find this path.

EDIT: this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("file.txt") is null

UPDATED: sorry for stupid question. It works, I set wrong name of file.

Answer 1

As file - file.txt is in resources directory, normally this would be copied to class-path by build process(tool like Maven, Gradle). And this would easy with to load file with relative path.

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