java - Netbeans - Reading a data file in src folder

Question

I have a scanner that's trying to read a file named info.data in the src folder.I get Exception in thread "main" java.io.FileNotFoundException: info.data (The system cannot find the file specified). What's the address I should put in the scanner?

Answer 1

If the input file is always part of your application (i.e. you also put this into the .jar file later) you should use getResourceAsStream() in order to read its contents.

InputStream in = getClass().getResourceAsStream(filename);
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(in);