How to access a resource file in src/main/resources/ folder in Spring Boot

Question

I\'m trying to access xsd in src/main/resources/XYZ/view folder where XYZ/view folder are created by me and folder has abc.xsd which I need for xml validation.

When

Answer 1

The @Value annotation is used to inject property values into variables, usually Strings or simple primitive values. You can find more info here.

If you want to load a resource file, use a ResourceLoader like:

@Autowired
private ResourceLoader resourceLoader;

...

final Resource fileResource = resourceLoader.getResource("classpath:XYZ/view/abc.xsd");

Then you can access the resource with:

fileResource.getInputStream() or fileResource.getFile()