Reading a HTML file from web content folder in Servlet

Question

I am trying to read an .html file from war file. I have used the code below, but it does not work.

Project structure:

Project
|_war
    |_Pages
      |_HtmlFiles
        |_sample.html

My code:

InputStream inputStream = EmailMessages.class.getClassLoader()
        .getResourceAsStream("/sample.html");

try getContext().getResourceAsStream("/_Pagestest/_HtmlFiles/_sample.html"); — Vickyexpert, Jun 07 '16 at 10:23
Please don't use [java] tag as long as problem is not demonstratable using plain Java application class with main() method, nor is answerable with the JLS. You will only get knee-jerk "answers" from users/plagiarists who think to be good at Googling. — BalusC, Jun 07 '16 at 11:15

meskobalazs · Answer 1 · 2016-06-07T10:42:52.193

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The root folder is on the classpath, so try this one:

this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/Pages/HtmlFiles/sample.html");

edited Jun 07 '16 at 10:42

answered Jun 07 '16 at 10:20

meskobalazs

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even this returning null.i used classname.class instead of this. – dafodil Jun 07 '16 at 10:31
how are you running your application? – meskobalazs Jun 07 '16 at 10:32
Application is deployed in jboss server – dafodil Jun 07 '16 at 10:41

Lucky · Answer 2 · 2016-06-07T10:51:13.693

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Place you files in src\main\resources folder and when you export a war you can find your files in the resources directory under WEB-INF\classes folder. Now read the html file like this,

InputStream in = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/Pages/html/index.html");

edited Jun 07 '16 at 10:51

answered Jun 07 '16 at 10:25

Lucky

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its asking to create class for fileloader? – dafodil Jun 07 '16 at 10:31
@Downvoter Care to explain what's wrong with my answer? – Lucky Jun 07 '16 at 10:48
It returns null.Here instead of this i used classname.class because it was showing me error. – dafodil Jun 07 '16 at 11:03
@dafodil Do you have the Pages folder under the `WEB-INF/classes/resources` directory? – Lucky Jun 07 '16 at 11:05
its in war folder of project not in WEB-INF, i need to get path of sample.html file that is in war file of server. – dafodil Jun 07 '16 at 11:08

Reading a HTML file from web content folder in Servlet

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