Java Utililty Methods ClassLoader Load

return getUrl(inPath).toString().replace(getUrl(inPath).getProtocol() + ":/", "");

ClassLoader cloader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
URL resource = cloader.getResource(name);
if (resource == null) {
    throw new IOException("Cannot find test directory: " + name);
return new File(new URI(resource.toExternalForm()).normalize().getPath());

try {
    URL url = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource("model.json");
    File file = new File(url.getPath());
    return readFile(file);
} catch (IOException ex) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Unable to load test file : " + ex.getMessage());

URL tomcatDistributionUrl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource("sdk-tomcat.zip");
if (tomcatDistributionUrl == null) {
    throw new IOException("Unable to get Tomcat binary distribution.");
return tomcatDistributionUrl;

URL validURL = ClassLoader.getSystemResource(fileName);
return new File(validURL.toURI());