reading files from servlet

[kiran nori]

hi all,
I'm using tomcat. I have a function which reads a XMl file and sets the required variables.I need to provide the file name to the file as a string. when I try to give a relative path tomcat gives me the following error
I do this :
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File objXML = new File("Metadata.xml");
System.out.println("\nThe absolutepath of the file is : "+objXML.getAbsolutePath());
And it returns this:
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The absolutepath of the file is : D:\TomCat\bin\DATMetadata.xml
but the file is existing in some other How to set a directory from where it reads the files.
rgds
Kiran Mohan Nori

[Mike Curwen]

what about using the dual argument constructor for File?

File f = new File(path, filename);

[kiran nori]

I can't hardcode the path as my program can be deployed in any directory.
rgds
Kiran