How to get absolute path to file in /resources fol

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

To return a file or filepath

URL resource = YourClass.class.getResource("abc");
File file = Paths.get(resource.toURI()).toFile(); // return a file
String filepath = Paths.get(resource.toURI()).toFile().getAbsolutePath();  // return file path

Answer 2

The proper way that actually works:

URL resource = YourClass.class.getResource("abc");
Paths.get(resource.toURI()).toFile();

It doesn't matter now where the file in the classpath physically is, it will be found as long as the resource is actually a file and not a JAR entry.

(The seemingly obvious new File(resource.getPath()) doesn't work for all paths! The path is still URL-encoded!)

Answer 3

You can create a File object and use getAbsolutePath method:

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

Answer 4

Create the classLoader instance of the class you need, then you can access the files or resources easily. now you access path using getPath() method of that class.

 ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
 String path  = classLoader.getResource("chromedriver.exe").getPath();
 System.out.println(path);

Answer 5

You must specifie path started from /

URL resource = YourClass.class.getResource("/abc");
Paths.get(resource.toURI()).toFile();