Java - Getting file from same package

Question

If I want to read from "Words.txt" which is in the same package as the class, how would I do this? Doing simply Scanner = new Scanner(new File("Words.txt")); returns an error.

Answer 1

InputStream is = MyClass.class.getResourceAsStream("Words.txt");
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Answer 2

Scanner = new Scanner(new File("/path/to/Words.txt")); 

The argument in the File() constructor, Is the path relative to the system your VM is running on, it s doesn't depend on the classe's package.

If you your words.txt is a resource packaged with your war you can see here : Load resource from anywhere in classpath