Instead of referencing the files through classes in the the java.io
packages, read the files as resources through the Classloader. This is a
*much* preferable way to do what you asking about -- one very good reason
for doing it through the Classloader is the dilema you're facing now.

So to answer your question: No, there is no way to read file resources from
an application deployed as a war file. The solution is to read files as
resources loaded by the Classloader.

To get you started, see:
http://www.mail-archive.com/tomcat-user@(protected)

justin


At 02:28 PM 10/13/2003, you wrote:

>I have a web-app that uses several xml, xsd, and other configuration files
>at runtime ( including during the Application Init
>event ). We keep these files under various directories under WEB-INF so
>that we can get their paths at runtime relative to
>ServletContext.getRealPath( "WEB-INF" ).
>
>When I am deploying this web-app as a war file, I can detect I am a war
>file at runtime because ( getRealPath( "" ) == null ), but
>is there a consistent way to read a file from this war file ?
>
>Thanks
>
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