Question

I want to be able to have my paths work on any server not just my dev box.
Right now I declear the full path of the file name as such on my local drive.

filename = "H:\test\SourceCode\sample\src\file.txt"

try
        {
            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fileName));
            line = in.readLine();
            in.close();
        } 
        catch (IOException e) {
             log.error("Exception Message", e);
        }

How can I set the file path so when I create the .war file I can use it on any server. Such as filename = “src/file.txt” (This doesn’t work for me)

Answer 1

Two usual ways:

• getClass().getResourceAsStream("/..") – resolves the path relative to the classpath – that is, WEB-INF/classes (and jar files)
• getServletContext().getResourceAsStream("/..") resolves the path relative to the webapp root. That is – webapps/applicationname