Accessing files in specific folder in classpath using Java

Question

I want to read a bunch of text files in com.example.resources package. I can read a single file using the following code:

InputStream is = MyObject.class.get         


        

Answer 1

If you pass in a directory to the getResourceAsStream method then it will return a listing of files in the directory ( or at least a stream of it).

Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(...)

I purposely used the Thread to get the resource because it will ensure I get the parent class loader. This is important in a Java EE environment however probably not too much for your case.