Need to get path to a folder in resources

Question

I am using Spring boot application. I have this structure in my resource folder

resources
 |__customers
      |__retail

I have to pass the path to this folder to one of the beans for writing files. The names of the files are dynamic so I cannot pass a predefined value to the file.

To do this I tried

@value(${classpath:resources/customer/retail} )
Resources resource;

// Also tried 
ResourceLoader loader = new FileSystemResourceLoader();

ResourceUtils.getURL(filePathDump).getPath().getClass().getResource(
    "indexingData/publication/analysis/dump"
);
// and several other options

but it shows throw file not found or resource not found Exception, Now I checked the way path are defined for each one of them and I am positive they were all specified correctly

I need a way to pass this path to a folder in resources. Please help

Possible duplicate of [How to read data from java properties file using Spring Boot](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38281512/how-to-read-data-from-java-properties-file-using-spring-boot) — sam, Mar 29 '19 at 08:51
@Samim I find this not related at all completely different requirement. — Lucie, Mar 29 '19 at 09:20
@Lucie Kinldy review your code as the `resource` variable is nowhere used. Further `@Value` annotation is not used correctly. — sam, Mar 29 '19 at 09:23
@Samim I wanted to mention that I used values, I am using a xml file version but the issue is consistent — Lucie, Mar 29 '19 at 09:27
@soorapadman I tried using `ClassPathResource` but no use, didnt solve this isssue — Lucie, Mar 29 '19 at 09:28
If you dont have path create it . while writing the path to the file . — soorapadman, Mar 29 '19 at 09:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 29 '19 at 08:48

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you can autowire org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader and then get file as follows:

resourceLoader.getResource("classpath:customer/retail/someFile.txt")

answered Mar 29 '19 at 08:48

Adrian

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As I have mentioned in the I have a dynamic file name So I need the path to the folder to append my file name on the fly. – Lucie Mar 29 '19 at 09:17
If you want the path then use `Path path = Paths.get(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(fileName).toURI());` – sam Mar 29 '19 at 09:25
@Lucie you can do it on the fly. I suppose you have a service method where you are working with the files, so there you can invoke this `resourceLoader.getResource("classpath:folderNameInResource/" + fileName)` ... or I must have got you question wrong – Adrian Mar 29 '19 at 09:36
@Samim It returns null – Lucie Mar 29 '19 at 09:37
@Adrian I am using Paths.write() to write I file, Would I wont be able to use this path to write a file – Lucie Mar 29 '19 at 09:39

Need to get path to a folder in resources

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