Can't read file without additional prefix on Intellij - file

Question

I have met some strange trouble with reading file at Intellij Idea and on Windows 8.1.
And always I got FileNotFoundException.
Here is code snippet:
public XlsReader(String fileName, String sheetName) {
open(fileName, sheetName);
}
public void open(String fileName, String sheetName) {
InputStream fis = null;
try {
if (sheetName == null || sheetName.isEmpty()) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Please, provide sheet name");
}
Logger.logDebug("PATH: " + new File(".").getAbsolutePath());
fis = new FileInputStream(fileName);
String resourceFilePath = this.getClass().getResource(fileName).getFile();
Logger.logDebug(resourceFilePath);
fis = new FileInputStream(resourceFilePath);
XSSFWorkbook workBook = new XSSFWorkbook(fis);
sheet = workBook.getSheet(sheetName);
getMetaData();
I couldn't understand why at this line:
new FileInputStream(fileName)
I have got this exception.
And when chcenging path from:
xls = new XlsReader("InputDataIndirect.xlsx", "Calculator");
to:
xls = new XlsReader("test/InputDataIndirect.xlsx", "Calculator");
And it works now.
Here is project struckture:
I tried to load file from class path as well this.getClass().getResource(fileName).getFile() but it wasn't successful.
Any suggestions?

Answer 1

If you're running a main method or test from inside IntelliJ idea, it uses the root of the project as the root to load files from. Therefore, it will look under new_automation, so you need to add the test folder to your path.
To change this, you can change the working directory location in your run configuration to the location you want it to look in for files.