File relative path is not taken in spring boot

Question

I have created json file inside resources dir in spring boot application. File path is like: resources/recipe/recipe.json When i use relative path, it won't be taken by java compiler so i'll get this exception. java.io.FileNotFoundException: recipe/recipe.json (No such file or directory). But this path is identified by IDE. if i click the path, it will be redirected to json file. Can anyone tell what the issue is ?

(FYI: absolute path is working perfectly)

Answer 1

If you have the resources folder in your classpath, then you should use Spring's Resource classes and specify the resource location as

classpath:recipe/recipe.json

You probably want to read this answer: Spring Boot - Reading Text File using ResourceLoader

Answer 2

If your resouce is present inside resources/static/listing.csv

String path = "classpath:static/listings.csv";

ResultSet rs = new Csv().read(path, null, null);

Answer 3

If you need to access a file which is not in the classpath, you can provide the relative path from the root module directory.

E.g.

new File("src/main/resouces/recipe/recipe.json");