> I'm not sure whether it's possible to access something in
> WEB-INF using getResourceAsStream.
>
Yes, it is possible, the servlet spec[1] allows for it
explicitly:
SRV.9.5 "Directory Structure"
... No file contained in the WEB-INF directory may
be served directly to a client by the container.
However, the contents of the WEB-INF directory are
visible to servlet code using the getResource and
getResourceAsStream method calls on the
ServletContext. ...
> As for the original question: what is the result you are
> trying to obtain? Can't you just use a FileReader to obtain
> the same result: new FileReader("/WEB-INF/Test.txt");
>
Using FileReader isn't such a good idea, since some
servlet containers (like MinTC[2]), will run webapps
directly from the war instead of expanding them out
into the filesystem. If there's no filesystem, then
FileReader won't work. The getResource*() methods are
the right way to access your local webapp "files".
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Ronald Wildenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > You can get a character stream (= Reader) by using
> > java.io.InputStreamReader.
>
> But still I am getting the same result
>
> while((ch = ir.read())!= -1)
> System.out.print(ch);
>
It looks like you didn't post real code, so it's hard
to tell. If "ch" is an int, then try
System.out.print((char)ch);
otherwise you need to say what you mean by "the same
result"
[1] http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/download.html
[2] http://www.distributopia.com/mintc/
--
Christopher St. John [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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