getResourceAsStream returns null

Question

I\'m loading a text file from within a package in a compiled JAR of my Java project. The relevant directory structure is as follows:

/src/initialization/Life         


        

Answer 1

I found myself in a similar issue. Since I am using maven I needed to update my pom.xml to include something like this:

   ...


    
        
            /src/main/resources
        
        
            ../src/main/resources
        
    
    
        ...

Note the resource tag in there to specify where that folder is. If you have nested projects (like I do) then you might want to get resources from other areas instead of just in the module you are working in. This helps reduce keeping the same file in each repo if you are using similar config data