Retrieve a resource on the classpath

GetResource.md

Get Resource

Read a file in from a resource. In many cases it is useful to read it into a string. Use a standard Maven directory layout.

├───src
│   ├───main
│   │   ├───java
│   │   └───resources
│   └───test
│       ├───java
│       └───resources

URL url = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("test.txt");
Path path = Paths.get(url.toURI());

String contents = new String(Files.readAllBytes(path));