how to read a file from server in play framework

Question

I have the following file

/app/menus/menu1.yml

and I\'d like to read it\'s contents

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short answer:

fileConten         


        

Answer 1

Play includes the SnakeYAML parser. From their docs:

Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
String document = "\n- Hesperiidae\n- Papilionidae\n- Apatelodidae\n- Epiplemidae";
List list = (List) yaml.load(document);
System.out.println(list);

['Hesperiidae', 'Papilionidae', 'Apatelodidae', 'Epiplemidae']

There is also a version of Yaml.load that takes an InputStream, which is demonstrated in this sample code: http://code.google.com/p/snakeyaml/source/browse/src/test/java/examples/LoadExampleTest.java