Java relative paths: trick or treat?


We all had problems with relative paths in Java! Do not deny it!

Every time I have to understand where the path is relative to is a puddle of blood, so how can we unveil this mystery?
  • Will it be relative to the classpath?
  • Will it be related to the project root?
  • And in the tests?
I usually use a little trick: in the point of the code where I want to use the relative path I write/log
Java: new File(".").getAbsolutePath()
Kotlin: File(".").AbsolutePath
Simple and fast, at this point we know exactly where is the starting point for our relative path!

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