How to read a file from jar in Java?

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I want to read an XML file that is located inside one of the jars included in my class path. How can I read any file which is included in the jar?

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This also works on spring

    ClassPathResource resource = new ClassPathResource("/file.txt", MainApplication.class); //resources folder
    InputStream inputStream = resource.getInputStream();

    File file = new File("file.txt");
    FileUtils.copyInputStreamToFile(inputStream, file);
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