I need to know how I can read a xml file which is placed at web.war. This also needs to be server independent.
Appreciate your help.
Thank you.
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just read it using the usual suspects from java.io , and parse it using JAXP (Java API for XML Processing, it comes bundled with java since v. 1.4) .
JAXP is quite extensive and flexible, and provides quite a few different ways of accomplishing what you want. A straight forward way is to use the DOM XML parser.
Look here for a example of how you use that
http://www.mkyong.com/java/how-to-read-xml-file-in-java-dom-parser/
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To answer the question in you comment, if you need the path to a file which lies somewhere within the context of the web application, look into ServletContext (more specifically, the getContextPath() method)
http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/5/api/javax/servlet/ServletContext.html
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samith
Hi Thanks for the reply. I can read it using either sax parser or dom parser but the issue is to get the path irrespective of the web server. for ex. in jboss i need to put the xml under deploy folder where in tomcat i need to put it under webapps folder. how can i get the path to that file ?
You can also use SAX parser to read XML file . Go through this link
will help you.
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samith
Hi Thanks for the reply. I can read it using either sax parser or dom parser but the issue is to get the path irrespective of the web server. for ex. in jboss i need to put the xml under deploy folder where in tomcat i need to put it under webapps folder. how can i get the path to that file ?