java - NPE with Current Thread Context Class Loader getResourceAsStream(file) -

i trying excel file resource folder. method works fine:

public jobordergenerator(list<shoporder> shoporder) throws invalidformatexception, ioexception {          inputstream = thread.currentthread().getcontextclassloader().getresourceasstream("shop-order.xlsx");          createjoborder(shoporder);      } 

which calls

void createjoborder(list<shoporder> shoporder) throws invalidformatexception, ioexception{           (shoporder shoporder1 : shoporder) {             system.out.println("inside createjoborder "+shoporder1.getpo_number());             writetospecificcell(2, 1, sheetnumber, shoporder1.getpo_number()); //po number             writetospecificcell(7, 3, sheetnumber, shoporder1.getpo_number()); //part number             localdate date = shoporder1.getpo_due_date();             string datetostring = date.tostring();             writetospecificcell(1, 2, sheetnumber, datetostring); //due_date             writetospecificcell(7, 5, sheetnumber, integer.tostring(shoporder1.getpart_quantity())); //quantity             //writetospecificcell(1,2,sheetnumber, shoporder.get); //material             writetospecificcell(8, 3, sheetnumber, shoporder1.getpart_decription()); //part description             //writetospecificcell(1,2,sheetnumber, shoporder.getcustomer()); //customer             writetospecificcell(10, 1, sheetnumber, shoporder1.getmachine_number()); //machine              sheetnumber++;          }      } 

this culprit below. can see used println statements figure out going on, , see in console is:

inside writetospecificcell before try statement 1 0 111 

right after java.lang.nullpointerexception:

therefore there going on excel file. cannot figure out what. since retrieved like:

inputstream = thread.currentthread().getcontextclassloader().getresourceasstream("shop-order.xlsx"); 

it should know location of file. since in resource file , not on class path (so in jar file) need file above way right?

if matters using intellji ultimate, still learning ins , outs, heavy eclipse user.

-----------update 1-----------------

inputstream = thread.currentthread().getcontextclassloader().getresourceasstream("/resources/shop-order.xlsx"); 

still getting same error...

--------update 2--------------------

try{             classloader classloader = getclass().getclassloader();              inputstream = this.getclass().getresourceasstream("/resources/shop-order.xlsx");              if (inputstream == null){                  system.out.println("inputstream null....");             } 

just confirm did:

inputstream = this.getclass().getresourceasstream("/resources/shop-order .xlsx"); 

just confirm there not space in shop-order.xlsx...

it confirmed inputstream null, because in console printing:

inputstream null... 

from println statement

the method throwing null exception here...

 void writetospecificcell(int rownumber, int cellnumber, int sheetnumber, string value) throws invalidformatexception, ioexception {          system.out.println("inside writetospecificcell method before try statement");          try {             system.out.println("inside writetospecificcell method inside try statement");             xssfworkbook workbook = new xssfworkbook(inputstream);              xssfsheet sheet = workbook.getsheetat(sheetnumber);              xssfrow row = sheet.getrow(rownumber);             xssfcell cell = row.createcell(cellnumber);              if (cell == null) {                 cell = row.createcell(cellnumber);             }             cell.setcelltype(cell.cell_type_string);             cell.setcellvalue(value);             system.out.println("inside writetospecificcell method after try statement");             workbook.close();          } catch (ioexception e) {              system.out.println("error in writetospecificcell method " + e);          }catch(nullpointerexception ex){         system.out.println("null in writetospecificcell method");     }     } 

it seems me have space before extension of file. can see if correct? :p