Finding path to JSF resource

Question

I am working on a JSF website and I need some help. I have an XML file that I am trying to read from by backing bean but I don't know how to find the path to it. It is in my resources folder (resources/movies.xml). How do I do this?

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10590003/jsf-how-to-get-handle-to-a-resource-within-a-backing-bean — ElderMael, Nov 06 '12 at 05:24

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 06 '12 at 10:48

If it is indeed the /resources folder of the public web content where you usually store the static web resources like CSS/JS/images, then you can use ExternalContext#getResourceAsStream() to get an InputStream of it.

ExternalContext externalContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext();
InputStream input = externalContext.getResourceAsStream("/resources/movies.xml");
// ...

Igor Guzenko · Answer 2 · 2016-02-29T10:36:42.860

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This is how I get path of folder in webapp resources folder:

ServletContext servletContext = (ServletContext) FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getContext();
String resHomeImgPath = servletContext.getRealPath("resources/img/home");

edited Feb 29 '16 at 10:36

answered Aug 08 '14 at 15:27

Igor Guzenko

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Wouldn't it be better to use forward slashes instead of backslashes? – Karol S Aug 08 '14 at 15:49
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getRealPath() is bad practice: http://stackoverflow.com/q/12160639 Use getResource()/getResourceAsStream() instead. – BalusC Feb 29 '16 at 10:40

Finding path to JSF resource

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