How to reference a resource file correctly for JAR and Debugging?

Question

I have a nasty problem referencing resources when using a Maven project and Jar files...

I have all my resources in a dedicated folder /src/main/resources which is p

Answer 1

Maybe this method can help for some situations.

public static File getResourceFile(String relativePath)
{
    File file = null;
    URL location = <Class>.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation();
    String codeLocation = location.toString();
    try{
        if (codeLocation.endsWith(".jar"){
            //Call from jar
            Path path = Paths.get(location.toURI()).resolve("../classes/" + relativePath).normalize();
            file = path.toFile();
        }else{
            //Call from IDE
            file = new File(<Class>.class.getClassLoader().getResource(relativePath).getPath());
        }
    }catch(URISyntaxException ex){
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }
    return file;
}