How to pass an XML file in a war file to the DocumentBuilder.parse

Question

I am developing a webapp on the struts framework
I need to parse an XML file 'menu.xml' which I have placed under the 'WEB-INF/classes' folder
My Action class calls a helper class called XMLMenuBuilder which needs to parse the 'menu.xml'
Here are code snippets from my classes:
LogonAction.java
XMLMenuBuilder builder = new XMLMenuBuilder();
Vector menuVector = (Vector)builder.renderMenu();XMLMenuBuilder.java
public Vector renderMenu() throws AppException
  DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
  Document document = builder.parse( new File(xmlfile) );
}My Problem is how can I make the builder.parse access the 'menu.xml' file under the 'WEB-INF/classes' folder
instead of searching for it on the file system
Any help will be much appreciated

Answer 1

I got the answer myself
Got the answer myself. I needed the ActionServlet Context in the ActionClass. This is what I have done...
It works.
LogonAction.class
Code:
InputStream is = getServlet().getServletContext().getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/conf/menu.xml");
XMLMenuBuilder.java
Code:
Document document = builder.parse(is);
Thanks