Relative path from a class java

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I have a problem with a relative path in my Java EE application, here's is the situation:

I'm trying to parse an xml file that i have in /WebContent/files/queries.xml using SaxParser API.
When I'm providing this path (./files/queries.xml) in a java class so that i can perform the parsing operation, I'm getting a java.io.FileNotFoundException: /home/james/./files/queries.xml !

Could someone please help me with that?

Thanks a lot

JB Nizet · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-07 22:33:43Z

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WebContent is the location of your webapp sources. When deployed, everything is bundled into a war file, and can't be accessed using file IO.

Use ServletContext.getResourceAsStream() to get a resource from your webapp's context.

answered Nov 7, 2012 at 22:33

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Karim Oubaha Over a year ago

Thank's for the answer, actually i'm not using a servlet, but a simple java class ... so how can i do this ?

JB Nizet Over a year ago

Your class runs inside a webapp. Pass the servlet context to your class in order to be able to access it. Or store the file in the WEB-INF/classes directory, along with the webapp's classes, and load it using MyClass.class.getResourceAsStream().

thedayofcondor · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-07 22:32:17Z

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To get the real path you can just do:

String path = s.getServletContext().getRealPath("/WebContent/files/queries.xml");

answered Nov 7, 2012 at 22:32

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Karim Oubaha Over a year ago

Thank's for the answer, actually i'm not using a servlet, but a simple java class ... so how can i do this ?

thedayofcondor Over a year ago

What type of container are you using?

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