Eclipse Issue

[GrumpyBum]

Hi all,

I am trying to get into this Eclipse application as I like the debugging in this but I have come across an odd issue.

The following code is failing with "Exception in thread "main" java.io.FileNotFoundException: objects.txt (The system cannot find the file specified)" in Eclipse
I have ensured that I have imported the txt file and can verify that the test file is present in the file system.

Also, I have copied this data over to Notepad++ along with the text file and it works exactly how I want it too,

import java.io.*;

class Objects {
	public static void main(String[] args ) throws IOException {
		
		BufferedReader inFile = new BufferedReader (new FileReader ("objects.txt"));
		System.out.println(inFile);
		String inputLine;
		inputLine = inFile.readLine();
		
		while (inputLine != null) {
			 
			 // read and show first item of line
			 int split = inputLine.indexOf(':');
			 String test = inputLine.substring(0, split);
			 System.out.println(split + "  " + test);
			 
			 // read and show second item of line
			 inputLine = inputLine.substring((split + 1), inputLine.length());
			 split = inputLine.indexOf(':');
			 test = inputLine.substring(0, split);
			 System.out.println(split + "  " + test);
			 
			 // 3rd and 4th Splits
			 inputLine = inputLine.substring((split + 1), inputLine.length());
			 split = inputLine.indexOf(':');
			 test = inputLine.substring(0, split);
			 System.out.println(split + "  " + test);
			 
			 /*
			 inputLine = inputLine.substring((split + 1), (inputLine.length() + 1));
			 split = inputLine.indexOf(':');
			 test = inputLine.substring(0, split);
			 System.out.println(split + "  " + test)
			 */
			 
			 inputLine = inFile.readLine();
		}	
	}
}

objects.txt

3:New Name:3:Y
16:Joe Bloggs:3:N
114:Another User:3:N

Any assistance with that could help in Eclipse would be great thanks.

[Fubarable]

You need to see where Java is looking for your file, ... it isn't where you think.

Place this line of code before you try to read the file to see just where it's looking:

System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.dir"));

or even this:

      File file = new File("objects.txt");
      System.out.println(file.getAbsolutePath());
      
      BufferedReader inFile = new BufferedReader (new FileReader(file));

Both will show you what you're doing wrong and how to fix it.

[GrumpyBum]

Instant Fix, Thank you so much. This has allowed me to see more and resolve quickly.

[DarrylBurke]

Forum Rules
Especially the third paragraph.

db

[GrumpyBum]

Sorry Darryl, I am at a loss here. All I can think of is does this have an inappropriate title?
I have just read over the rules again but I am unsure what you are pointing out here.
If you can provide a little more information then I will know for next time.

[DarrylBurke]

So you think "Eclipse Issue" is a good title for this thread?

db

[GrumpyBum]

The purpose of the post was due to the fact that the code works else where, just not in Eclipse.
Hence the question was primarily around the way Eclipse accessed data.

This title was chosen as I the issue was based on Eclipse.
The only other thing I can think of at the moment is "Eclipse data access issue"

[DarrylBurke]

That's certainly better, except that 'data' rather implies database access.
I think I would have gone with "FileNotFoundException in Eclipse"

db

[GrumpyBum]

"FileNotFoundException in Eclipse"

That would be a good title, I will put some more thought into this next time.

Thanks,