better ways to load xml as a string?

[remote spire]

hey guys. i want to load xml as a string. im doing it this way:

String requestBodyTemplate = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("src/main/resources/accountStatementRequestBodyTemplate.xml")));

and some people on the internet told me there are better ways, but they didnt explain to me. can smb help me out? thanks

[sharp marten]

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[exotic lagoon]

You shouldn't assume anything in src/main/resources is a file

If you package your application, it will likely not be available any more

It is a resource so you should access it as such

using getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("accountStatementRequestBodyTemplate.xml")

[remote spire]

thanks. i found this: https://www.baeldung.com/spring-load-resource-as-string

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[remote spire]

but now idk what to use. so many choices

[exotic lagoon]

depends on the situation

[remote spire]

can u elaborate?

[exotic lagoon]

In most cases, I'd use Class#getResource or similar

[remote spire]

what am i doing wrong?

[exotic lagoon]

getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("accountStatementRequestBodyTemplate.xml")

or getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("accountStatementRequestBodyTemplate.xml")

[remote spire]

i dont understand

[exotic lagoon]

You can get an InputStream for something in src/main/resources with that method