java read file from relative path in project and .jar -

i tried that:

public class filepath {      public file return_path () {          url url = getclass().getresource("file.txt");          file file = new file(url.getpath());          return file;     } } 

if print it, output path this: "/media/dates/%20uni%c3%a0/java/project%20java%20201/searchinfiles/build/classes/searchinfiles/hello.txt"

i have created method in order not redefine everytime path of file .jar have read.

there problem strange characters?

btw when call main class:

public static void main(string[] args) {          filepath path = new filepath();          file file = path.return_path();         system.out.println (file);  try{ bufferedreader input = new bufferedreader(new filereader(file));              string line;      int = 0;     while ((line = input.readline ()) != null)     {          system.out.println(line);     }             input.close();         }          catch(exception ex){            system.err.println("error: " + ex.getmessage());         } } 

i have "file not existing" error.

how can solve it? thanks

your urls escaped, useful webbrowsers can't write spaces in urls example , represented "%20", or hex 20, or char 32 in ascii.

what want unescape this, following post may you