How to open a (html) file as a stream from the project in Java?

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This is what my project setup looks like:

Picture of project setup. Packages and libraries '

I'm trying to open the base.html file with:

InputStream in = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("/HttpServer/htmlFiles/base.html");

But it's always returning null. No variation of the path I use works ("/htmlFiles/base.html", "/base.html", "base.html"). I have also tried using HTML.class.getResourceAsStream() but the result is the same.

I tried to do this by making a separate source folder for the code and another for the files, but that didn't work either.

What am I doing wrong?

Can you post your project setup? (it's empty) – Benoit Wickramarachi Nov 20 '13 at 15:38 — Benoit Wickramarachi, Nov 20 '13 at 15:38

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 20 '13 at 16:09

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InputStream in = HTML.class.getResourceAsStream("/htmlFiles/base.html");

should work. Are you sure you tried this one ?

answered Nov 20 '13 at 16:09

Olivier Masseau

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I'm almost certain I did, but I never got it to work. This DID work now though. Thanks a lot. I was ready to give up on this! – mjuopperi Nov 20 '13 at 16:18

How to open a (html) file as a stream from the project in Java?

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