title: java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource even though file exists in src/main/resources
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  <p>I have my XML file under the src/main/resources directory. My spring code looks like</p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.io.IOException;
  import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
  
  import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
  import com.google.common.io.Files;
  import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
  import org.springframework.integration.xml.transformer.XsltPayloadTransformer;
  import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
  import org.springframework.messaging.support.MessageBuilder;
  import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
  import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
  import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
  import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
  
  @Controller
  public class BdeApplicationController {
  
      @GetMapping("/ping")
      @ResponseBody
      public String ping(@RequestParam(name="name", required=false, defaultValue="Stranger") String name) {
          return myFlow();
      }
  
      private String myFlow() {
          XsltPayloadTransformer transformer = getXsltTransformer();
          return transformer.transform(buildMessage(getXMLFileString())).toString();
      }
  
      private String getXMLFileString() {
          try {
              return Files.toString(new ClassPathResource("XML1.xml").getFile(), Charsets.UTF_8);
          } catch (IOException e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
          }
          return "";
      }
  
      private XsltPayloadTransformer getXsltTransformer() {
          return new XsltPayloadTransformer(new ClassPathResource("XSLT1.xsl"));
      }
  
      protected Message&lt;?&gt; buildMessage(Object payload) {
          return MessageBuilder.withPayload(payload).build();
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>On running this code I get the following exception: -</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [XML1.xml] cannot be resolved to absolute file path because it does not reside in the file system: jar:file:/Users/user/Documents/project/target/bde-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/BOOT-INF/classes!/XML1.xml</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Can you please suggest how can I fix this?</p>