src/it/projects/reloc-abs-resource-path-exclude/src/main/java/Main.java

import java.net.URL;

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public class Main
{

    public static void main( String[] args )
        throws Exception
    {
        new Main().testAbsResource();
    }

    private void testAbsResource() throws Exception
    {
        URL r = getClass().getResource("/org/apache/maven/from/a/test.properties");
        // expect NPE if from/a was shaded even though it was excluded
        System.out.println( r.toString() );

        r = getClass().getResource("/org/apache/maven/to/b/test.properties");
        // expect NPE if from/b was not shaded
        System.out.println( r.toString() );
    }

}