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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]