relative newbie - read file into string from JSP page?

hi there,

I am trying to read a text file from a test.jsp JSP page on my server. The text file sits in the same directory, but Tomcat keeps telling me that there is a java.io.FileNotFoundException. Does anyone have any idea why that is?

my code is as follows:

<%

class ReadSource {
public String line[];
public String text="hello=";

public String ReadSource (){

try {
FileReader file = new FileReader("test.txt");
BufferedReader buff = new BufferedReader(file);
boolean eof = false;
int i=0;
while (!eof) {
i++;
line[i]=buff.readLine();
if (line[i] == null)
{
eof = true;
}
else {
eof=false;
}
}
//System.out.println(line);
buff.close();
int j=0;

while (j<=i){
j++;
text.concat(line[j]);
}


} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println ("Error -- " + e.toString());
}
return text;
}
}
%>


This doesn't seem to work so I also tried this:

class test {

public String test(){
InputStream fis = new FileInputStream("test.txt");

String data = "";

do{
int i = fis.read();
if (i != -1) data = data + (char)i;
}while(i != -1);

return data;
}
}



I try launching the code as follows:


ReadSource l=new ReadSource();

test meTest= new test();


%>
First echo l:
<%=l%>
<br>Now echo the text:
<%=l.text%>
<br>Now echo the lines:
<%=l.line%>
<br>Now echo data:
<%=data%>
<%@ page import = "java.io.*" %>


At this point, all of the code sits in the same .jsp page.
Also, neither the System.out.println or just out.println seem to work- System.out.println doesn't seem to do anything even though the Tomcat terminal window is open, and out.println returns an error... any ideas about this also?

Thanks a lot for your help,

Elie

Well, I think your problem is most likely that when Tomcat accesses your jsp page, it compiles it into a servlet in a different directory (/work), and therefor your text file is no longer in the same directory.
The / directory in Tomcat is your application directory (ie: webapps/examples/), so try making your path "/test.txt".