How to properly use to access resources?

Question

Java

I am developing a Java SE application. I use various settings resources located in the standard directory. Those. when accessing a resource, the path is src/main/resources/resources.xml
When assembled with maven, resources are stored in the root.
The question is how to correctly set the path to the resource?
Or just make the same structure when assembling?

Answer 1

getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(path);
path - path relative to resources.