Problem in get web app root directory in normal class

[asklxf]

hi, i want to get config file in /WEB-INF/myconfig.xml in a class but not a Servlet like this:

public class ConfigLoader {
    private String configFile;
    public ConfigLoader() {
        // how can i get the /WEB-INF/myconfig.xml file here?
    }

anybody can help me how to get the real directory of /WEB-INF/ in this normal class without ServletContext or any HttpServletRequest?

thank you!

[Alef Arendsen]

Without any references to the SErvletContext or HttpServletRequest, you won't be able to retrieve something from /WEB-INF/...

With Spring Dependency Injection however you can rely on Spring's resource infrastructure. If your bean is managed by Spring and located in a WebApplicationContext you could for example do teh following:

public class ConfigLoader {
  private Resource configFile;
  public void setConfigFile(Resource res) {
    this.configFile = res;
  }
}

together with:

<bean id="configLoader" class="ConfigLoader">
  <property name="configFile"><value>/WEB-INF/myconfig.xml</value></property>
</bean>

[asklxf]

thank you very much!

it works!