How to read text files from the Classpath in Java

Question

I am trying to read the file which is set in system CLASSPATH system variable. How to read this file?

Answer 1

InputStream in = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("TextFile.txt");
InputStream in = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/TextFile.txt");


package dummy;

import java.io.*;

public class Test
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        InputStream stream = Test.class.getResourceAsStream("/TextFile.txt");
        System.out.println(stream != null);
        stream = Test.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("TextFile.txt");
        System.out.println(stream != null);
    }
}