title: How do I add a resources folder to my Java project in Eclipse
body: <p>I want to have a place to store my image files to use in my Java project (a really simple class that just loads an image onto a panel). I have looked everywhere and cannot find how to do this. How do I do this?</p>
  
  <p>I have tried adding a new folder to the project, adding a new class folder to the project, and adding a new source folder to the project. No matter what I do, I always get a <code>IOException</code>. The folders always say they are on the build path, so I'm not sure what to do.</p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.awt.Color;
  import java.awt.Dimension;
  import java.awt.Graphics;
  import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
  import java.io.File;
  import java.io.IOException;
  import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
  import javax.swing.JFrame;
  import javax.swing.JPanel;
  
  public class PracticeFrame extends JFrame{
  
  private static BufferedImage image;
  Thread thread;
  
  public PracticeFrame() {
      super();
      setPreferredSize(new Dimension(640,480));
      setResizable(false);
      setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      pack();
      setVisible(true);
  }
  
  public static void main (String[] args) {
      PracticeFrame pframe = new PracticeFrame();
      try {
          image = ImageIO.read(new File("/islands.png"));
      } catch (IOException e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
      }
  
      JPanel panel = new JPanel() {
          @Override
          protected void  paintComponent(Graphics g) {
              super.paintComponent(g);
              g.drawImage(image,0,0,null);
          }
      };
  
      panel.setBackground(Color.BLUE);
      panel.repaint();
      pframe.add(panel);
  
  
  }
  
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>EDIT: Something that worked for me, and I have no idea why, was adding the <code>main/res/</code> folder as a class folder and then removing it.  I ran it while the <code>/main/res/</code> was part of the build path as a class folder and it still didn't work. When i added it, i got a popup that told me something about excluded filters. But when i removed the folder from the libraries in the build path, and changed my file path to:</p>
  
  <pre><code>image = ImageIO.read(new File("src/main/res/islands.png"));
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I at least stopped getting the <code>IOException</code> thrown. I must not be adding the image to the panel correctly, because it's not showing up, but at least it found the file (I think).</p>