thanks to all. i tried using commons IO component. Unfortunately I got an error
accessing the file so I have used the java samples on the tutorial.
thanks anyway
On 4/16/05, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 4/15/05, edward griebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Were you intending to retrieve a file from within a WAR or just a
> > random file on the web server box? The first case is much more
> > interesting than just opening streams.
>
> If the file in question is inside your webapp, the servlet API lets
> you *read* it quite easily. For example, lets say you are Struts :-),
> and you want to read the web.xml file so you can figure out what
> servlet mapping is being used (typically "/do/*" or "*.do") for
> ActionServlet.
>
> ServletContext context = ... get reference to ServletContext
> InputStream stream = context.getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/web.xml");
>
> The ServletContext reference is available from a bunch of places ...
> from inside an Action, simply call:
>
> ServletContext context = getServlet().getServletContext();
>
> > -ed
>
> Craig
>
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