How to really read text file from classpath in Java

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I am trying to read a text file which is set in CLASSPATH system variable. Not a user variable.

I am trying to get input stream to the file as below:

Place the directory of file (D:\myDir)in CLASSPATH and try below:

InputStream in = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("SomeTextFile.txt");
InputStream in = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("/SomeTextFile.txt");
InputStream in = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("//SomeTextFile.txt");

Place full path of file (D:\myDir\SomeTextFile.txt)in CLASSPATH and try the same above 3 lines of code.

But unfortunately NONE of them are working and I am always getting null into my InputStream in.

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