I have a text file in a sibling directory i.e

/project/java/readfile.class

/project/files/somefile.txt

To Read the file this is my code

			

			File f = new File ("/project/files/readfile.txt");
			

			

			/* System.out.println(f.getName());
			

			returns NullPointerException
			

			*/
			

			

			

			System.out.println(f.getAbosultePath());
			

			

			/* System.out.println(f.getName());
			

			returns NullPointerException
			

			*/
			

			

			

			File f = new File("files/readfile.txt");
			

			

			/* System.out.println(f.getName());
			

			returns readfile.txt
			

			*/
			

			

			

			System.out.println(f.getAbosultePath());
			

			

			/* returns C:projectjavafilessomefile.txt
			

			*/
			

			

			

			/* But FileReader Constructor returns
			

			java.io.FileNotFoundException: somefile.txt
			

			*/
			

			FileReader fr = new FileReader(f);
			

			

			

		

I am confused any help on this would be greatly appreciated

Cheers
Aejaz