Use ContextPath to Access File

Question

I am using JDeveloper 11.1.1.6
In my application I am providing print capability to print a Jasper report. Currently the .jrxml file is stored within a location on my C: drive. Ultimately I would like to get the file within the application so that it can be portable to any platform and so that the developer doesn't have to place the file in that specific C: drive location. All of the current functionality works fine.
So here is what I have done to move the file to the application. The .jrxml file is now stored in the following location within JDeveloper: "/Web Content/reportFormat"
I am using the following code to get the context path:
FacesContext lFacesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
HttpServletRequest lRequest =
(HttpServletRequest)lFacesContext.getExternalContext().getRequest();
String lContextPath = lRequest.getContextPath();
String lReportFilePath = lContextPath + "/reportFormat";
The issue I am having is that the application at run time can't find my .jrxml file there. In fact ADF can't find that location. Could you please provide guidance on how to access the runtime location of the .jrxml file?
Edited by: 915963 on May 24, 2012 1:39 PM

Answer 1

Hi,
In my case, I put the jrxml files in a folder localized in ViewController/src/%NAME_FOLDER%. And in the java file, I did:
                FacesContext lFacesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
                HttpServletRequest lRequest =
                (HttpServletRequest)lFacesContext.getExternalContext().getRequest();
                String reportFolder = "report";
          String path = "/WEB-INF/classes/" + reportFolder + "/"+relatorio.getNameReport();
                path = lRequest .getRealPath(path); //here is a magic
                //continue jasper processingRegards,