Ressources can't be found in maven build

Question

I wanted to migrate my local prototype to a maven build and start getting productive. But unfortunately when calling

loader.setLocation(getClass().getResource("views/TaskWindow.fxml"));

On runtime it seems that maven doenst find the ressource xmls. I tryed "TaksWindow.xml", "../views/TaksWindow.xml" "views/TaskWindow.xml" and "/views/TaksWindow.xml" but somehow it always gives me "no location set" error.

My project structure looks like this:

Any ideas why?

First maven has nothing to do with finding resources..Your code does not correctly find the resources. The question is where have you located the resources you are trying to load? — khmarbaise, Apr 30 '18 at 14:38
Ah ok..than you have to use `getClass().getResource("/views/TaskWindow.fxml")´. The leading slash is important otherwise the loading is realtive to the class in which you are using this.... — khmarbaise, Apr 30 '18 at 14:41
beautiful!! I thought i tryed that alread... must have slipped a class and then crashed the whole application... — Simon Bauer, Apr 30 '18 at 14:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 30 '18 at 14:42

The path you specified is a relative path. Which means the classloader will look for a views folder at the location of the class (i. e. its package). You propably want to use an absolute path.

Try the following code, notice the leading /.

getClass().getResource("/views/TaskWindow.fxml")

For more information, see this answer.

Ressources can't be found in maven build

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