Debugging path location in Java aka FileNotFoundExceptions

Occasionally I need to write some code which locates stuff on disk using relative paths. And sometime I get the paths wrong :/

It often turns out that the current directory of the application is slightly different than I expect. However, it is not straightforward at first how one determines the current directory of the application.

I have found the following code snippet useful to solve the problem.

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import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths Path currentRelativePath = Paths.get(""); String s = currentRelativePath.toAbsolutePath().toString(); System.out.println("Current relative path is: " + s);

It uses NIO so it requires Java 7+.

I got the snippet from this SO.