Java - Getting file from same package

Question

If I want to read from \"Words.txt\" which is in the same package as the class, how would I do this? Doing simply Scanner = new Scanner(new File(\"Words.txt\"));

Answer 1

Scanner scanner = new Scanner(getClass().getResourceAsInputStream("Words.txt"));

String s = new String();

while(scanner.hasNextLine()){


        s = s + scanner.nextLine();


 }