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Hi All, I have a servlet which reads the information from a file 'myfile.txt'. My requirement is that I should not hard code the file path in the servlet. If that is the case wher do I set the file path, so that when the servlet is invoked it gets the file path and does the reading process. Is there also any specific directory where I should keep the above mentioned file. Please throw some light on the above problem. Thanks Vasu
If you put the file in the web-inf/classes directory, you can use the local ClassLoader to find the file for you. Try something like this in your servlet:
Then you should be able to open it with a FileInputStream or whatever you want... Dave
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Hi David O'Meara, As you suggested I tried keeping the myFile.txt in WEB-INF/classes dir. But stil my servlet is not in position to resolve the particular file. Moreover as a project requirement, the file can be in any directory,in that case where do I mentioned the path, so that my servlet opens the file and read the content. Can any one help me in resolving the above issue. Thanks, Vasu.
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I like to use an <init-param> in the web.xml file to designate a working directory for reading and writing data. Not as portable as using WEB-INF/ but more flexible. Bill
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