why can't you create an xsd-folder within your webapp? other than that, you could find out the real path within your app (HttpServletRequest.getRealPath()) and concat the path to dive into WEB-INF.
Inside your app, you could also read the File as a normal InputStream. It's all about concepts & programming. However, talking about concepts, I guess it's a bad idea using WEB-INF to store *anything* readable stuff for clients. Hve a beer and rethink your concept. Rgds Gregor -- just because your paranoid, doesn't mean they're not after you... gpgp-fp: 79A84FA526807026795E4209D3B3FE028B3170B2 gpgp-key available @ http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de:11371 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org