I have the following directory layout:
- src
- main
- java
- resources
- sql (scripts for database)
- spring (configuration)
- webapp
Within a ServletContextListener class, I want to access the files under the SQL directory and list them. Basically my problem is with the path, because I know that listing files under a directory in a nutshell is:
File folder = new File(path);
File[] listOfFiles = folder.listFiles();
Maybe I could use the ServletContextEvent
Object to try and build a path to resources/sql
public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {
event.getServletContext(); //(getRealPath etc.)
}
Does something exist to set that path in a relative, non-hardcoded way?
Something like new File("classpath:sql")
(preferably spring if possible) or what should I do with the servletContext to point at resources/sql
?
I'm assuming the contents of src/main/resources/
is copied to WEB-INF/classes/
inside your .war at build time. If that is the case you can just do (substituting real values for the classname and the path being loaded).
URL sqlScriptUrl = MyServletContextListener.class
.getClassLoader().getResource("sql/script.sql");
Finally, this is what I did:
private File getFileFromURL() {
URL url = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("/sql");
File file = null;
try {
file = new File(url.toURI());
} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
file = new File(url.getPath());
} finally {
return file;
}
}
...
File folder = getFileFromURL();
File[] listOfFiles = folder.listFiles();
import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
...
File folder = new ClassPathResource("sql").getFile();
File[] listOfFiles = folder.listFiles();
It is worth noting that this will limit your deployment options, ClassPathResource.getFile()
only works if the container has exploded (unzipped) your war file.
Just use com.google.common.io.Resources class. Example:
URL url = Resources.getResource("file name")
After that you have methods like: .getContent(), .getFile(), .getPath() etc