How do I use Java getResource() to get a resource from a parent directory?

Question

I\'ve tried numerous methods now, including FilenameUtils.normalize() from commons IO, but I can\'t seem to be able to get a resource in another folder to get a Java FXML fi

Answer 1

You can get resources relative to the Class or the context root. In your example putting / at the start of the string if thats your package structure in your application. Try

getClass().getResource("/gui/dialogues/plugins/PluginSelection.fxml")