asked on 7/19/2015

Accessing xml file in filter

Hi,

I've created a filter in my applications default package, and I've also created an xml file in the default package too. I'm trying to load the XML file but I keep getting a message saying the xml file was not found.

DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
			   DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
			   Document document = builder.parse(new File("/Configuration.xml"));
			   Element rootElement = document.getDocumentElement();

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I'm obviously not accessing the xml file correctly, but I can't seem to figure it out, can someone tell me where I'm going wrong?

Java

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SheppardDigital

7/21/2015

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7/19/2015

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rrz

7/19/2015

There is no need to create a File object.

import javax.xml.parsers.*;
import org.w3c.dom.*; 
public class AccessTest{ 
    public static void main(String[] args) { 
		try{
                     DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
	             DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
		     Document document = builder.parse(AccessTest.class.getResourceAsStream("Configuration.xml"));
		    Element rootElement = document.getDocumentElement();
		    System.out.print(rootElement.getNodeName());
        }catch(Exception e){}			   
    }  
}

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gurpsbassi

7/20/2015

There is no need to create a File object

You can do it either way, File or InputStream. Both equally valid.

SheppardDigital

7/21/2015

ASKER

I tried this and it worked perfectly.

Thanks