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

I used the following method to read the file under web content

BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(request.getSession().getServletContext().getResourceAsStream("/json/sampleJson.json")));

Now all the file content is available in the reader object.