Question

I am using a Mac and I am new to it. Here is my question:

There is a folder that I require to include as a File object in Java. When I try this:

File firefoxProfileFolder = new File("/Users/prime/work/dmall/selenium/src/test/resources/firefoxprofile");

It works fine. This code is located in file: /Users/prime/work/dmall/selenium/src/test/java/com/dmall/utils/WebUtil.java

But when I try this:

File firefoxProfileFolder = new File("../../../../resources/firefoxprofile");

I can not load the folder. So the relative path from this file to that folder seems not to work. So what should I do? What is it I am doing wrong?

I require to use the relative path because this code will be run from the server, on which I have no idea what the absoulte path will be.

Answer 1

You can obtain the directory at runtime:

URL url = ClassLoader.getSystemResource("relative to/classpath/resources/firefoxprofile");
File file = new File(url.getFile()); // the directory
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