dynamic web project in eclipse, reading resource file

[badperson]

Hi,
I have a dynamic web web project, and in it I have a class that has some simple static methods, one of which is to read params from a config file.

In the utility class, which is located under the source folder under com.somepackage, I create a new file object:

File configFile = new File("config/config.xml");

When I run it, I get a null pointer...it says the file location doesn't exist.

The config folder is under WebContent.

I've tried various things; WebContent/config/config.xml, ./config/config.xml, etc...

What's the best way to grab that file?
thanks!
bp

[myrtle1908]

You need to call getRealPath() from the ServletContext to obtain the physical path from the relative path.

File f = new File(getServletContext().getRealPath(relativePath));

http://download.oracle.com/javaee/1....va.lang.String)

[badperson]

schweeeet....that did it!

thanks!
bp