How does relative file path works in Eclipse.

Answer 1

You need "src/Hankees.txt"

Your file is in the source folder which is not counted as the working directory.\

Or you can move the file up to the root directory of your project and just use "Hankees.txt"

Answer 2

Yeah, eclipse sees the top directory as the working/root directory, for the purposes of paths.

...just thought I'd add some extra info. I'm new here! I'd like to help.

Answer 3

Paraphrasing from http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/File.html:

The classes under java.io resolve relative pathnames against the current user directory, which is typically the directory in which the virtual machine was started.

Eclipse sets the working directory to the top-level project folder.

Answer 4

A project's build path defines which resources from your source folders are copied to your output folders. Usually this is set to Include all files.

New run configurations default to using the project directory for the working directory, though this can also be changed.

This code shows the difference between the working directory, and the location of where the class was loaded from:

public class TellMeMyWorkingDirectory {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
     System.out.println(new java.io.File("").getAbsolutePath());
     System.out.println(TellMeMyWorkingDirectory.class.getClassLoader().getResource("").getPath());
    }
}

The output is likely to be something like:

C:\your\project\directory
/C:/your/project/directory/bin/

Answer 5

This is really similar to another question. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6639/how-should-i-load-files-into-my-java-application

How should I load my files into my Java Application?

You do not want to load your files in by:

C:\your\project\file.txt

this is bad!

You should use getResourceAsStream.

InputStream inputStream = YourClass.class.getResourceAsStream(“file.txt”);

And also you should use File.pathSeparator(); which is the system-dependent path-separator character, represented as a string for convenience.

Answer 6

Hi, i has the same problem. If YourClass and Hankees.txt have one directory in your Project then, i find following - not so bad.

import java.net.URL;
//<...>
URL url = YourClass.class.getClassLoader().getResource("Hankees.txt");
String filesPathAndName = url.getPath();     
Scanner myScanner = new Scanner(new File(filesPathAndName))
//<...>