java - How to load a resource from WEB-INF directory of a web archive

Question

I have a web archive with a file placed in the WEB-INF directory.

How do I load that file in a java class?

I know I can put it in the classes directory and load it from there. It would just be put it in WEB-INF.

Answer 1

Use the getResourceAsStream() method on the ServletContext object, e.g.

servletContext.getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/myfile");

How you get a reference to the ServletContext depends on your application... do you want to do it from a Servlet or from a JSP?

EDITED: If you're inside a Servlet object, then call getServletContext(). If you're in JSP, use the predefined variable application.