Where to put a text file in Grails, and how to get the path

Question

I need to read in a .txt file into a groovy class in order to interrogate it line by line. But I am not sure what folder I put it into in my grails app, and how to get the

Answer 1

You can put your file under web-app/

Example:

web-app/lexicon.txt

And then in your controller or service use grailsApplication:

class MyService {
    def grailsApplication
    public myMethod() {
        File myFile = grailsApplication.mainContext.getResource("lexicon.txt").file
    }
}

Hope this helps