How to set file path for FileInputStream?

Question

I'm trying to parse SVG file to get paths using Xpath within android application. Native java parse the path in following way.

try {
    Document document = builder.parse(
            new FileInputStream("c:\\employees.xml"));
} catch (SAXException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

I try to do using FileDescriptor as follows.

DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
        DocumentBuilder builder = null;
        try {
            builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
        } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }


        AssetManager assetManager = getBaseContext().getAssets();
        AssetFileDescriptor assetFileDescriptor = null;
        try {
            assetFileDescriptor = assetManager.openFd("android.svg");

        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        FileDescriptor fileDescriptor = assetFileDescriptor.getFileDescriptor();
        FileInputStream stream = new FileInputStream(fileDescriptor);

        try {
            Document document = builder.parse(stream);
        } catch (SAXException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

However my app stopped working. What's wrong in my code?

I think the answer is already in stackoverflow. This may help you [link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14553292/fileinputstream-doesnt-work-with-the-relative-path) — vm345, Feb 22 '17 at 05:58

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 22 '17 at 07:09

You do not need FileDescriptor. Try as follows.

InputStream input = assetManager.open("android.svg"); //From your asset folder

DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder builder = null;
try {
    builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
} catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

And parse your input to builder.

Document document = builder.parse(input);

How to set file path for FileInputStream?

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