Loading XML File which is in classpath in Java

Question

I need to load a xml file present in classpath into my java applicatio. Can any one give suggestions on this.

Thanks,
Narendra

Answer 1

Use ClassLoader.getResourceAsStream or Class.getResourceAsStream, and then load it as you would for any other InputStream.

(The difference between using the ClassLoader version and the Class version is how "relative" resource paths are resolved. With the ClassLoader version, it's always effectively treated as an absolute path; with the Class version, if the path doesn't start with "/" it's treated as relative to the package of that class.)