File path after deployment

[Gaurav Pawar]

The bean(model) in my struts application uses the following statements

...
DocumentBuilderFactory docFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
Document domDoc = docBuilder.parse("Records.xml");
...


and further returns the values in XML file.

THis executes fine as a standalone java application.
After deploying my app in Tomcat while debugging the program stops at
'Document domDoc = docBuilder.parse("Records.xml");'

I have placed Records.xml in the classes folder under WEB-INF.

Any suggestions how I should specify tomcat specific path??

Thanks,
Gaurav.

[Merrill Higginson]

There are undoubtedly other classes upon with this class is dependent. You need to find out what the dependencies are and either include the class files themselves in WEB-INF/classes or the jar files in WEB-INF/lib. In order to find out the dependencies, I'd start by looking at what is in the classpath of your stand-alone application.

[Gaurav Pawar]

Hey Thanks for the reply.
Actually i have just 3 classes.
1. LoginAction.class
2. LoginForm.class
3. LoginBean.class
and on xml file -- records.xml

Login Bean reads the "records.xml" file, checks node values and returns result to the LoginForm.

I have all these placed in WEB-INF/classes.

Still do not get it right...

Gaurav

[Gaurav Pawar]

Hi all,
The solution to this is,
Place the file in classes under webapps (this is what my requirement was)
and then use the command

InputStream in = myLALoginBean.class.getResourceAsStream("/Records.xml");
---- followed by

DocumentBuilderFactory docFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
Document domDoc = docBuilder.parse(in);

Thanks,
Gaurav Pawar