eclipse - this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("...") and NullPointerException -

I have created a minimum Maven project with single child module in a cloned helios.

In the src / test / resource folder I've put a single file "install.xml". In the folder src / test / java, I have created a package with a single class that:

  @Test public void doit () throws an exception {URL url = this.getClass () . . GetClassLoader () getResource ("install.xml"); Println (url.getPath ()); }  

But when I run the code as a junior 4 unit test, I just get a NullPointerException. A hundred times before that has worked fine once. Any ideas?

I have followed this guide:

But still get the same error.

when you use

  this.getClass (). GetResource ("myFile.ext")  

getResource will try to find resources relative to the package. If you use:

  this.getClass (). GetResource ("/ myFile.ext")  

getResource will be treated as an absolute path and just call the classloader as you would like .

  this.getClass (). GetClassLoader (). GetResource ("myFile.ext")  

You can not use the ClassLoader path in / , because all ClassLoader path is absolute and therefore there is not a valid first letter in the / path.