java.io.FileNotFoundException

[Azz Romaysa]

Hi,

I'm trting to send an attachment file using javaMail. My problem is if I set the whole path of the file (for example: C:/myFile.jsp), then it works. But not if I set a relative path.

This is the code:
Mailer.java

...
    public void setContent(String subject, String attachedFile)
    {
        try
        {
            message.setSubject(subject);

    // create a message part
    MimeBodyPart mimebodypart = new MimeBodyPart();

    // attach the file to the message
    FileDataSource filedatasource = new FileDataSource(attachedFile);
    mimebodypart.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(filedatasource));
    mimebodypart.setFileName(filedatasource.getName());

    // create the Multipart and its parts to it
    Multipart multipart = new MimeMultipart();
 
    multipart.addBodyPart(mimebodypart);

 // add the Multipart to the message
    message.setContent(multipart);
            
        }
        catch(MessagingException messagingexception)
        {
            log.error("Error while trying to send subject and/or content "+
               messagingexception);
        }
    }
...

Ans I call this method from my servlet
OfferController.java

 
...
     else
     {
     Mailer mailer = new Mailer();
     mailer.setFROM(email);
     mailer.setTO(Config.myEmail);
     mailer.setContent("Offer request", 
       "/vrijblijvend_offerte.jsp");
     
     mailer.send();
     log.info("The mail is succesvolly sent");
     
     //If the forum is correctelly submited
     gotoPage("/succes.jsp", request, response);
     }
     }   
 
...

The exception that I get:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: \vrijblijvend_offerte.jsp (The system cannot find the path specified)

My structure:
|
|-WEB-INF
|-vrijblijvend_offerte.jsp
|

Thank you,
Abu
[ October 22, 2005: Message edited by: Azz Romaysa ]

[William Brogden]

You "relative" file path usage depends on the "current" directory - something you can't control in a servlet. You can convert a relative path in a servlet context to an absolute path - see the ServletContext getRealPath method.

[Ben Souther]

There are two methods you should read up on:
getRealPath and getResourceAsStream.

Both are methods of ServletContext
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/api/javax/servlet/ServletContext.html


Note: getRealPath has a serious drawback. If you're running your application from a packed war file getRealPath will return null.

[Azz Romaysa]

Thank you very much,
The getRealPath() has fixed the problem.