getResourceAsStream() is always returning null
inputstream, java, jboss, web-services
Solution
To my knowledge the file has to be right in the folder where the `'this'` class resides, i.e. not in `WEB-INF/classes` but nested even deeper (unless you write in a default package):
net/domain/pkg1/MyClass.java
net/domain/pkg1/abc.txt
Putting the file in to your java sources should work, compiler copies that file together with class files.
Problem
I have the following structure in a Java Web Application: ``` TheProject -- [Web Pages] -- -- [WEB-INF] -- -- -- abc.txt -- -- index.jsp -- [Source Packages] -- -- [wservices] -- -- -- WS.java ``` In `WS.java`, I am using the following code in a Web Method: ``` InputStream fstream = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("abc.txt"); ``` But it is always returning a null. I need to read from that file, and I read that if you put the files in `WEB-INF`, you can access them with `getResourceAsStream`, yet the method is always returning a `null`. Any ideas of what I may be doing wrong? Btw, the strange thing is that this was working, but after I performed a `Clean and Build` on the Project, it suddenly stopped working :/