Access file in WebContent folder from a servlet

Question

I\'m trying to generate a PDF document using FOP. The pdf generation code is kept in a servlet and the xsl is in a specific folder in the WebContent folder.

How can I a

Answer 1

For a direct and independent container implementation, you can access the resourcewith the following method getResource() inside your servlet:

/start servlet/

public InputStream getResource(String resourcePath) {
  ServletContext servletContext = getServletContext();
  InputStream openStream = servletContext.getResourceAsStream( resourcePath );
  return openStream;
}

public void testConsume() {
  String path = "WEB-INF/teste.log";
  InputStream openStream = getResource( path );

  int c = -1;
  byte[] bb = new byte[1024];
  while ( -1 != ( c = openStream.read( bb ) ) ) {
    /* consume stream */
  }
  openStream.close();
}

/end servlet/