Can't find file - newbie question

[ed...@charter.net]

Hi, 
I've got a class that reads a file when it is first invoked.  When I run this 
class standalone, (meaning not using Tomcat), the class finds the file and can 
read it just fine.  But when I call the class from a JSP under Tomcat, I get an 
error that indicates the class cannot find the file. 
 
The class, ("foo"), is in package "com.xyz.bar".  The file, ("stuff.txt") has 
had copies placed in the root, (TomcatProject), in /TomcatProject/WEB-INF, in 
TomcatProject/lib,  in TomcatProject/classes/com/xyz/bar, and I have tried to 
point the class to each of these locations - with no luck. 
 
Do I need to do something like define the file somehow in web.xml ?

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@tomcat.apache.org

RE: Can't find file - newbie question

["Caldarale, Charles R" <Ch...@unisys.com>]

> From: edward@charter.net [mailto:edward@charter.net] 
> Subject: Can't find file - newbie question
> 
> Do I need to do something like define the file somehow in web.xml ?

No, but you need to access it with ServletContext.getResourceAsStream().
Take a look at the FAQ:
http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/HowTo#head-45c3314139cb900ddd43dde2ff67153
2e6e844bc

 - Chuck


THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY
MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you
received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail
and its attachments from all computers.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@tomcat.apache.org