Where to place an xml file that is read by java class file dir structure

Question

Hello all,
I have an xml file that I am using in lieu of a database to track conference rooms . This is a small file. I need to read this file from my java class file which is used by a jsp. Currently I have an absolute path C://logger/conference.xml. All works fine but I need to deploy to a different machine soon and so I need to place this file somewhere in the project directory structure (created by netbeans) so that it will be included in the war file and can be read by the java class file.
Also what would be the relative path to this suggested directory.
TIA!!!

Answer 1

public class DOMconference {
    /** Creates a new instance of DOMconference */
    public DOMconference() { }
    //private final static String XML_FILE_NAME = "/opt/conference.xml";//set the output file and location
    public String XML_FILE_NAME = "";
    private final static String FIRST_CONF_ID = "8200";//set the initial conference number
    static Document document;
    public void getFilePath(String path)
        XML_FILE_NAME = path.replaceAll("\\\\","/");
        System.out.println("XML==============="+XML_FILE_NAME);
    File file = new File(XML_FILE_NAME);
    *generic method that returns a Document object
   public Document getDocument() throws SAXException, ParserConfigurationException,
           IOException
       DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
       factory.setIgnoringComments(true);
       factory.setCoalescing(true);
       factory.setNamespaceAware(false);
       factory.setValidating(false);
       DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
       document = builder.parse(file);   //HERE IS WHERE THE ERROR POINT S TO
       return document;
   }Here is the complete error:
INFO: Server startup in 1282 ms
XML===============C:/Documents and Settings/gforte/agi/build/web/WEB-INF/conference.xml
[Fatal Error] bin:1:1: Content is not allowed in prolog.
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog.
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.DOMParser.parse(DOMParser.java:264)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(DocumentBuilderImpl.java:292)
at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder.parse(DocumentBuilder.java:172)
at agi.DOMconference.getDocument(DOMconference.java:91)
at agi.DOMconference.getLdapConferences(DOMconference.java:466)
at agi.Ldap.getConferences(Ldap.java:243)
at org.apache.jsp.test_jsp._jspService(test_jsp.java:111)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:322)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:291)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:362)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:856)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:744)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
[Fatal Error] bin:1:1: Content is not allowed in prolog.
NotifyUtil::java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:129)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(BufferedInputStream.java:218)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read1(BufferedInputStream.java:256)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:313)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTPHeader(HttpClient.java:606)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTP(HttpClient.java:554)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTP(HttpClient.java:571)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:936)
at org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.NotifyUtil$RecordSender.run(NotifyUtil.java:248)
So if I change my code to this (note that all I change is how the constant XML_FILE_NAME is set and I copy and paste the path that is derived from getFilePath after the String.replaceAll call.):
public class DOMconference {
    /** Creates a new instance of DOMconference */
    public DOMconference() { }
    private final static String XML_FILE_NAME = "C:/Documents and Settings/gforte/agi/build/web/WEB-INF/conference.xml";//set the output file and location
    //public String XML_FILE_NAME = "";
    private final static String FIRST_CONF_ID = "8200";//set the initial conference number
    static Document document;
    public void getFilePath(String path)
        //XML_FILE_NAME = path;//.replaceAll("\\\\","/");
        System.out.println("XML==============="+XML_FILE_NAME);
    File file = new File(XML_FILE_NAME);
    *generic method that returns a Document object
   public Document getDocument() throws SAXException, ParserConfigurationException,
           IOException
       DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
       factory.setIgnoringComments(true);
       factory.setCoalescing(true);
       factory.setNamespaceAware(false);
       factory.setValidating(false);
       DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
       document = builder.parse(file);
       return document;
   }All is fine..
Just in case, here is my xml file contents copy and paste from notepad.
<?xml version="1.0"?><conf_rooms><conf_room><conf_id>8200</conf_id><conf_name>Conference room 1</conf_name></conf_room><conf_room><conf_id>8201</conf_id><conf_name>Conference Room 2</conf_name></conf_room><conf_room><conf_id>8202</conf_id><conf_name>dufus</conf_name></conf_room></conf_rooms>Thanks for hanging in there with me on this.
Graham