Eclipse source folder not recognized

Question

I would like to create a separate folder for my resources in a Java project. How, in the name of God do I achieve such a simple thing ? I have been trying to get it to work for quite some time now and it starts to drive me nuts. Here is what I have tried so far:

1) I opened my Build Path Settings and added a folder to my source folders called "resources".

2) I added two folders to that folder called "font" and "img" containing images and font files.

3) I try to access those files in code like this:

getClassLoader() is said to give me an absolute path, so I take a path without the leading /:

getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("resources/font/MyFont.otf")

which returns null. Why is file management in eclipse so infuriating ?

Answer 1

If you have added 'resources' folder as a source folder in the build path settings you should be able to load the fonts like below.

getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("font/MyFont.otf")

Once you specify the 'resources' folder as a source folder eclipse included it in the root of the class path for java. So you only need the path relative to the resources folder.