How to access images from a resource folder in intelliJ IDEA without having to give entire path name

Question

How would I do something like this in intelliJ IDEA

File file = new File("C:\Users\Account\Documents\ProjectFolder\ResourceFolder\image");

But not have to enter the whole file path in. I'm pretty sure there is a way, and I'm fairly certain it has something to do with adding it to my build path. I know how to do that in Eclipse but not in intelliJ.
Thanks in advance!

Solution

You should use Java resource loading system. This is not depending on your IDE. Once you have marked a folder as resource folder in IntelliJ, it is available in your code as via resource loader.

Comments

[Hobbs2000]

Thanks for the help! I did end up using the resource loader, but I had to convert the java.net.URL it returned into a URI because the URL contained characters such as "%20". And those characters could not be used in the path for a new File. The new URI simply converted those characters into what they really mean, "%20" for instance is actually a space.