System cannot find the path specified

[NamelessNumberheadMan]

I'm having trouble reading in an xml file. My servlet retrieves the file path from the init parameters without a problem, but when I try to create a FileInputStream I get this:

javax.servlet.ServletException: \WEB-INF\classes\specialInstructions\specialInstruction s.xml (The system cannot find the path specified)

My file is there, and I can read it in if I create a URL.

ex:

URL xmlPath = servletContext.getResource(this.filePath);

What I need is for this to be a File object. Would anyone have any ideas as to why my File isn't being found? And how do I find?

[Nepomuk]

I've had a few tricky problems with files, so I'll just show you, what I do to solve them.

File myFile = new File("\\path\\to\\file.xml");
System.out.println("The file \"" + myFile.getAbsolutePath() + (myFile.exists() ? "\" exists." : "\" doesn't exist."));

Then check the output - is the File path correct? Does that line say, that the file exists? Probably the path is just slightly wrong in some way. (e.g. missing letter or File.seperator(), extra characters, etc.)

If the file exists, the output would look like this:

The file "\path\to\file.xml" exists.

Does that help?

Greetings,
Nepomuk


PS.: In case you didn't know, the line

System.out.println("The file \"" + myFile.getAbsolutePath() + (myFile.exists() ? "\" exists." : "\" doesn't exist."));

is short for

if(myFile.exists())
   System.out.println("The file \"" + myFile.getAbsolutePath() + "\" exists.");
else
   System.out.println("The file \"" + myFile.getAbsolutePath() + "\" doesn't exist.");