maven test cannot find resources

Question

I am trying to do maven test.

I have set resource directory

<testResources>
        <testResource>
            <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
        </testResource>
    </testResources>

I put a folder called inbound inside this directory. In my junit, I am trying to open it as new File("Inbound"), but it always cannot find it. I have have a inbound copy under my project root. The junit code cannot find it. Could any one please give me some suggestion? Thank you

Answer 1

If you use src/test/resources, then you don't have to specify it in your pom.xml as it is the default resources path for tests.

Regarding your problem, you should not use new File("myfile"); but MyTestClass.class.getResourceAsStream("/myfile"); instead.