Intellij Idea problem with text file impossible to read

Question

I have a problem using Intellij Idea.

I am absolutely unable to load text file as InputStream - it doesnt matter where do I put the file (main/java, main/resources...) it just can't find the file - in Eclipse everything works just fine.

I tried setings->compiler->resource patterns and added ?*.txt but that doesn't seem to work either.

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

If you load it as a File, make sure that Working Directory is properly set in IDEA Run/Debug Configuration, since it's the default directory where Java will look for a file when you try to access it like new File("file.txt"). Working directory should be set to the directory of your project containing .txt files.

If you load files as a classpath resource, then they should reside somewhere under Source root and will be copied to the classpath according to Settings | Compiler | Resource Patterns.

If you can't get it working, upload your project somewhere including IDEA project files so that we can point to your mistake.