Re: Reading/accessing a file in Java web service

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Date:

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:06:45 -0400

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Fingolfin wrote:

I'm having trouble accessing a file in a Web Service that I'm making:

String dat = "config.xml";
@WebMethod(operationName = "operation")
    public String[] operation(@WebParam(name = "parameter")
    String parameter, @WebParam(name = "parameter1")
    String parameter1) {

           try {
            fis = new FileInputStream(dat);
            print = "File found";
            } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
            print = ex.toString();
        }

After executing at the client there is a following error:
Result1 = java.io.FileNotFoundException: config.xml (The system cannot
find the path specified)

The config.xml file is currently both in root and in WEB-INF folder and
still the file can't be found.

The same code works _perfectly_ in ordinary Java Main Class in Java
(non-web) Application.

Am I writing the path wrong or something else?

Yes.

No path in file name => default directory for server process => not
root or WEB-INF of your web app.

I suggest putting it in WEB-INF/classes and open it as
resource instead of using FileInputStream.

Arne