Open a local file from a web Service

Hello!
Likely this is a trivial question, but I need to open a local file from a Web Service and i don't know how to get the file path. I mean that I have a WS source code placed in a proper package (my.ws.package) with an additional configuration XML file placed in the same directory. I need to read it, but if I use merely
File conf = new File("Conf.xml");it can't find it. I've tryed with:
MyWS.class.getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getPath()in order to get the file path, but a
java.security.AccessControlException access denied (java.lang.RuntimePermission getProtectionDomain)arises...
I don't know...
Suggestions?
Thanks.
Anhur

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