Problem: '\' character of file location disappears

Question

Hi
I am trying to pass the location of a file on local disk as parameter to a java function... the function accepts 'String' type... but when I do this... the '\' characters in the location disappear.
For Example: If C:\Documents and Settings\Hllo\Desktop\trials is passed then it appears as C:Documents and SettingsHlloDesktop       rialsI dont understand what is happening... any pointers....?
How do I overcome this? Please help..

Answer 1

Ok,
This is what I am trying to do:
1. From a web page a user selects a file
2. On a button click, JavaScript function gets invoked and the file location is stored in a local variable and passed as parameter.
3. I am using DWR (AJAX), where the server side code 'FileOpener' will accept this string as parameter and tries to open the file.
So therefore I need something in this server side code to escape the backslash characters from the received argument.... How do I do it?
At present this is what I am doing and it shows me error:
BufferedReader read = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fileLocation));
while((line = read.readLine()) != null) {
                   str = str + " " + line ;
read.close();