How to refer to a file present within src/main/resources folder deployed in a jboss env?

Question

I need to look up for an image present in src/main/resources folder in a web application. Its an Apache CXF SAOP based web application.

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Answer 1

Since you're using Maven, files from src/main/resources will end up on the classpath automatically.

To load a resource from the classpath, use something like this:

InputStream in = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/image.jpg");

Getting the path to the resource or opening it as a File may not always work though since the file is probably still stored inside a .war file. class.getResource() will therefore return a URL that is recognizable only by the app server's classloader.