My project has the following structure:
/src/main/java/
/src/main/resources/
/src/test/java/
/src/test/resources/
I have a file in /src/test/resources/test.csv
and I want to load the file from a unit test in /src/test/java/MyTest.java
I have this code which didn't work. It complains "No such file or directory".
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader (new FileReader(test.csv))
I also tried this
InputStream is = (InputStream) MyTest.class.getResourcesAsStream(test.csv))
This also doesn't work. It returns null
. I am using Maven to build my project.
I faced the same issue.
The file was not found by a class loader, which means it was not packed into the artifact (jar). You need to build the project. For example, with maven:
mvn clean install
So the files you added to resources folder will get into maven build and become available to the application.
I would like to keep my answer: it does not explain how to read a file (other answers do explain that), it answers why InputStream
or resource
was null. Similar answer is here.
The following class can be used to load a resource
from the classpath
and also receive a fitting error message in case there's a problem with the given filePath
.
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
public class ResourceLoader
{
private String filePath;
public ResourceLoader(String filePath)
{
this.filePath = filePath;
if(filePath.startsWith("/"))
{
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Relative paths may not have a leading slash!");
}
}
public InputStream getResource() throws NoSuchFileException
{
ClassLoader classLoader = this.getClass().getClassLoader();
InputStream inputStream = classLoader.getResourceAsStream(filePath);
if(inputStream == null)
{
throw new NoSuchFileException("Resource file not found. Note that the current directory is the source folder!");
}
return inputStream;
}
}
To read the files from src/resources folder then try this :
DataSource fds = new FileDataSource(getFileHandle("images/sample.jpeg"));
public static File getFileHandle(String fileName){
return new File(YourClassName.class.getClassLoader().getResource(fileName).getFile());
}
in case of non static reference:
return new File(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(fileName).getFile());
if you are loading file in static method then
ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
this might give you an error.
You can try this e.g. file you want to load from resources is resources >> Images >> Test.gif
import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("Images/Test.gif");
File file = resource.getFile();
ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
InputStream is = loader.getResourceAsStream("test.csv");
If you use context ClassLoader to find a resource then definitely it will cost application performance.
Now I am illustrating the source code for reading a font from maven created resources directory,
scr/main/resources/calibril.ttf
Font getCalibriLightFont(int fontSize){
Font font = null;
try{
URL fontURL = OneMethod.class.getResource("/calibril.ttf");
InputStream fontStream = fontURL.openStream();
font = new Font(Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, fontStream).getFamily(), Font.PLAIN, fontSize);
fontStream.close();
}catch(IOException | FontFormatException ief){
font = new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, fontSize);
ief.printStackTrace();
}
return font;
}
It worked for me and hope that the entire source code will also help you, Enjoy!
Does the code work when not running the Maven-build jar, for example when running from your IDE? If so, make sure the file is actually included in the jar. The resources folder should be included in the pom file, in <build><resources>
.
My file in the test folder could not be found even though I followed the answers. It got resolved by rebuilding the project. It seems IntelliJ did not recognize the new file automatically. Pretty nasty to find out.
I got it work on both running jar and in IDE by writing as
InputStream schemaStream =
ProductUtil.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(jsonSchemaPath);
byte[] buffer = new byte[schemaStream.available()];
schemaStream.read(buffer);
File tempFile = File.createTempFile("com/package/schema/testSchema", "json");
tempFile.deleteOnExit();
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(tempFile);
out.write(buffer);
I get it to work without any reference to "class" or "ClassLoader".
Let's say we have three scenarios with the location of the file 'example.file' and your working directory (where your app executes) is home/mydocuments/program/projects/myapp:
a)A sub folder descendant to the working directory: myapp/res/files/example.file
b)A sub folder not descendant to the working directory: projects/files/example.file
b2)Another sub folder not descendant to the working directory: program/files/example.file
c)A root folder: home/mydocuments/files/example.file (Linux; in Windows replace home/ with C:)
1) Get the right path:
a)String path = "res/files/example.file";
b)String path = "../projects/files/example.file"
b2)String path = "../../program/files/example.file"
c)String path = "/home/mydocuments/files/example.file"
Basically, if it is a root folder, start the path name with a leading slash. If it is a sub folder, no slash must be before the path name. If the sub folder is not descendant to the working directory you have to cd to it using "../". This tells the system to go up one folder.
2) Create a File object by passing the right path:
File file = new File(path);
3) You are now good to go:
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
For java after 1.7
List<String> lines = Files.readAllLines(Paths.get(getClass().getResource("test.csv").toURI()));
getResource() was working fine with the resources files placed in src/main/resources
only. To get a file which is at the path other than src/main/resources
say src/test/java
you need to create it exlicitly.
the following example may help you
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.net.URL;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
URL location = Main.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation();
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(location.getPath().toString().replace("/target/classes/", "/src/test/java/youfilename.txt")));
}
}
Try:
InputStream is = MyTest.class.getResourceAsStream("/test.csv");
IIRC getResourceAsStream()
by default is relative to the class's package.
As @Terran noted, don't forget to add the /
at the starting of the filename
Non spring project:
String filePath = Objects.requireNonNull(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("any.json")).getPath();
Stream<String> lines = Files.lines(Paths.get(filePath));
Or
String filePath = Objects.requireNonNull(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("any.json")).getPath();
InputStream in = new FileInputStream(filePath);
For spring projects, you can also use one line code to get any file under resources folder:
File file = ResourceUtils.getFile(ResourceUtils.CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX + "any.json");
String content = new String(Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath()));
Try Flowing codes on Spring project
ClassPathResource resource = new ClassPathResource("fileName");
InputStream inputStream = resource.getInputStream();
Or on non spring project
ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
File file = new File(classLoader.getResource("fileName").getFile());
InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(file);
Import the following:
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
The following method returns a file in an ArrayList of Strings:
public ArrayList<String> loadFile(String filename){
ArrayList<String> lines = new ArrayList<String>();
try{
ClassLoader classloader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
InputStream inputStream = classloader.getResourceAsStream(filename);
InputStreamReader streamReader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(streamReader);
for (String line; (line = reader.readLine()) != null;) {
lines.add(line);
}
}catch(FileNotFoundException fnfe){
// process errors
}catch(IOException ioe){
// process errors
}
return lines;
}
You can use the com.google.common.io.Resources.getResource to read the url of file and then get the file content using java.nio.file.Files to read the content of file.
URL urlPath = Resources.getResource("src/main/resource");
List<String> multilineContent= Files.readAllLines(Paths.get(urlPath.toURI()));
this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("filename").getPath()
Here is one quick solution with the use of Guava:
import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
import com.google.common.io.Resources;
public String readResource(final String fileName, Charset charset) throws IOException {
return Resources.toString(Resources.getResource(fileName), charset);
}
Usage:
String fixture = this.readResource("filename.txt", Charsets.UTF_8)
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