FileNotFound Exception in Eclipse

Hello,

I am trying to refer to a custom CSV file in my plugin code, but I can't figure out the path I should be using in Eclipse. Everything I've tried results in a FileNotFound Exception. I seem to have tried everything.

I've imported the archives.csv file into my src folder, and tried this:

Code:

try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("src/archives.csv"))) { // }

Then I tried without the "src" prefix. I tried moving the file into the project root folder, as well as into the package containing my Main class which has the above line.

I then tried referring to the "physical" location of the file on my filesystem:

Code:

new FileReader("/Users/me/eclipse-workspace/myplugin/src/archives.csv")

After reading several forum posts here and on StackExchange I ran the following:

Code:

System.out.print(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
System.out.println(new File(".").getAbsolutePath());

...and discovered the paths were pointing to the folder containing the Minecraft server. I don't know what set this up (I didn't do it), but with this in mind I copied the file to the server and tried to point to it inside the server hierarchy itself, and not the Eclipse project, like so:

Code:

new FileReader("plugins/myplugin/archives.csv")

This didn't work either.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

 

Thank you @timtower. It helps a little bit, but I still get an error.

In Eclipse, I do this:

Code:

public class Main extends JavaPlugin {

    File f;
   
    @Override
    public void onEnable() {
        f = new File(getDataFolder(), "archives.csv");
        System.out.println(f.getAbsolutePath());
    }

This outputs the full path to the file in the console: /Users/me/Desktop/mc/plugins/myplugin/archives.csv

Later in my Main class, I have this:

Code:

try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(f))) {    
}

However, this has *still* a red underline with "Unhandled FileNotFoundException" and when loaded in Minecraft still results in the same error.

Code:

Caused by: java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems:
    Unhandled exception type IOException thrown by automatic close() invocation on br
    Unhandled exception type FileNotFoundException

    at com.myname.myplugin.Main.onCommand(Main.java:51) ~[?:?]

Any ideas?

 

OK, this is weird. To me at least.

Code:

            getServer().getConsoleSender().sendMessage(Boolean.toString(f.exists()));
            try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(f))) {
             
            }

This outputs "true" to the console if the "try" statement is commented out.

If I uncomment the try statement I get the same error above and "true" isn't output.

Please note that there are actually two errors, on the same line (which correspond to the trace output above):

- "br" is underlined with "IOException thrown by automatic close() invocation on br"
- "new FileReader(f)" is underlined with "FileNotFoundException"

Can't figure this out.

 

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