How to get absolute path to file in /resources folder of your project

Question

Assume standard maven setup.

Say in your resources folder you have a file abc.

In Java, how can I get absolute path to the file please?

Answer 1

You can use ClassLoader.getResource method to get the correct resource.

URL res = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("abc.txt");
File file = Paths.get(res.toURI()).toFile();
String absolutePath = file.getAbsolutePath();

OR

Although this may not work all the time, a simpler solution -

You can create a File object and use getAbsolutePath method:

File file = new File("resources/abc.txt");
String absolutePath = file.getAbsolutePath();