this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("...") and NullPointerException

I have created a minimal maven project with a single child module in eclipse helios.

In the src/test/resources folder I have put a single file "install.xml". In the folder src/test/java I have created a single package with a single class that does:

  @Test
  public void doit() throws Exception {
    URL url = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("install.xml");
    System.out.println(url.getPath());

  }

but when I run the code as a junit 4 unit test I just get a NullPointerException. This has worked fine a million of times before. Any ideas?

I have followed this guide:

http://www.fuyun.org/2009/11/how-to-read-input-files-in-maven-junit/

but still get the same error.