How do I access file in WEB-INF in JSP?

Question

I am using Tomcat. I would like to put the config file in WEB-INF instead of the default root class path which is WEB-INF/classes. Currently I put

Answer 1

You can use getServletConfig() method return an instance of ServletConfig.

ServletContext sc=getServletConfig().getServletContext();

EDIT:

public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException{
  ServletContext sc=getServletContext();
  ...
}

Answer 2

The method getRealPath() is not guaranteed to work, e.g. if your webapp is not expanded from a war file there is no 'real path' on the filesystem to a file inside the war file.

Since you say you are using a ServletContextListener, you can get the ServletContext out of the ServletContextEvent:

sce.getServletContext().getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/config.xml");