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Reading a .txt file in a project in Eclipse

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Well I understand that this question has been asked multiple times, but despite following all the advice in those links I still end up getting file not
found error.

These are the links I've already checked.

Where do I put the txt file that I want to read in Java?

How to really read text file from classpath in Java

So please don't get trigger happy marking it as duplicate.

For one most of these links seem to use the word ClassPath and BuildPath interchangeably, are they the one and the same thing, coz in my IDE I
can't seem to find anything related to ClassPath, it's only BuildPath.

So this is my directory structure.

The caller class needs the file
 Well I've tried pretty much everything in the links and I still can't read the file.

The code that reads the file is here

String path = "DataSource/data1.txt";

String jsonData = null;

try {

jsonData = Reader.readFile(path);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Any help appreciated.
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So where's the code? – Codebender Apr 1 '16 at 14:07
 Non-java files don't belong in src/main/java but in src/main/resources. Also: "I still can't read the file." - what error are you getting? – f1sh Apr
1 '16 at 14:10
 I,m getting the following error java.io.FileNotFoundException: DataSource/data1.txt (No such file or directory) – Zeus Apr 1
'16 at 14:13 
 @Sombriks has the right answer. You should almost never use te java.io.File class when build web applications. Always work with
streams. – markbernard Apr 1 '16 at 14:19
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try

String path = "src/main/java/DataSource/data1.txt";

understand that your execution point inside eclipe is at project root.

However you might want to package such resource on your jar. if so, you'll need to use something like:

jsonData = Reader.readFile(Caller.class.getResourceAsStream("DataSource/data1.txt""));
At last, move the .txt file to 'src/main/resources', since it's a good practice.
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answered Apr 1 '16 at 14:16

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 The first one works, is there a way I can use the second method to consume a String as opposed to an input stream. – Zeus Apr 1 '16 at 14:27
 What I mean is my reader uses a string parameter not an inputStream. – Zeus Apr 1 '16 at 14:28
 Hello @Zeus, there are other options, this one for exemaple: docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/nio/file/… you read the bytes and then do a new
String with those bytes. however the .jar file limitation remains. If, at some point, your resource get packaged, only classpath resources can help you. – Sombriks Apr
1 '16 at 17:11
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Term ClassPath related to java code compilation and execution while term BuildPath related to IDE (i.e. Eclipse). IDE adds libraries, which are
added to BuildPath, automatically to the ClassPath while building and running the application/program.

"The caller class needs the file", then you can provide the file-path in two way

1. Provide the absolute file path.

2. Provide relative path, which you are doing, but make sure it is relative to the current location from where you are running your
program. In case of IDE relative path should be from Project-Directory.
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answered Apr 1 '16 at 14:28

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