EJB +FLAT FILE READ options

Hi Form
I know it's really Against the policy to read a FLAT File in EJB env,
But On a classic scenireio , When one has to use a 3rd party tool with Flat file Read / Write complications arise How dos one Cope with this manner
With regards
Karthik

Hi Form
Yes Some day's ago In did post the form , but returned without results,So hence re posting the form
I am working on NLS [ Natural Language Processing ] String sequence and would like to use the same along with EJB's ]
There is a 3rd Party ( JWNL ) Package avaliable on Web which uses the FLATFILE Read capability and Free one in it's env.
For the JWNL to work ,it has to read some FLAT Files for processing
Synonyms,Cordinate terms...
It this is the classic Scenerion to use within the EJB HOW TO HANDLE??
Plz help
With regards
Karthik

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