Question

I’m programming Java in Eclipse IDE. Here is code I want to read file:

File file = new File("file.txt");
reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));

I put file.txt in two place:

1) same folder of this SOURCE file.

2) in bin\...\ (same folder of this CLASS file)

But I allways receive NO FILE FOUND.

Please help me.

thanks 🙂

Answer 1

If the file ships with your application, it would be better accessed as a resource than as a file. Simply copy it to somewhere in your build path and use Class.getResourceAsStream or ClassLoader.getResourceAsStream. That way you’ll also be able to access it if you bundle your app as a jar file.

Currently, you’re looking for the file relative to the process’s current working directory, which could be entirely unrelated to where the class files are.