title: Access file inside WebContent from servlet
body: <p>I trying to access the html files inside the WebContent/alerts folder using its relative path from servlet. But i unable to access it using its relative path, </p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8NE2O.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>Access the file inside WebContent from <strong>Servlet</strong> using relative path:</p>
  
  <pre><code>protected Element getSummary(String value) throws IOException
  {
      Element element=null;
      Summary summary = Summary.valueOf(value);
      switch(summary) {
      case rtp_summary:
          element=parseDIV(new File("../../WebContent/alerts/rtp_bcklg_mail.html"),"rtp_summary");
          break;
      case ffu_summary:
          element=parseDIV(new File("/../../WebContent/alerts/ffu_comp_bcklg_mail.html"),"ffu_summary");
          break;    
      default:
          System.out.println("Enter a valid choice");
          break;
      }
      return element;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Access the file inside WebContent from <strong>Java Thread</strong> using relative path:</p>
  
  <pre><code> public class WriteJSONFile implements Runnable{
  
  WriteJSONFile(){
  }
  
  @Override
  
  public void run()
  {
      try {
          createJSONFile();
      } catch (IOException e) {
  
          e.printStackTrace();
      }
  }
  
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  private static void createJSONFile() throws IOException
  {
      String path="C:/Users/Thiru/Documents/Website Design/Macaw/";
      JSONArray jsonArray=new JSONArray();
      JSONObject rtpStatus=new JSONObject();
      rtpStatus.put("name","RTP");
      rtpStatus.put("status",parseDIV(new File(path+"WebContent/alerts/rtp_bcklg_mail.html"),"rtp_health"));
      jsonArray.add(rtpStatus);
  
      JSONObject proposalattribStatus=new JSONObject();
      proposalattribStatus.put("name","PROPOSAL ATTRIBUTE");
      proposalattribStatus.put("status",parseDIV(new File(path+"WebContent/alerts/prpsl_txtsrch.html"),"prpsl_attrb_health"));
      jsonArray.add(proposalattribStatus);
  
      writetoFile(jsonArray);
  }
  
  
  private static void writetoFile(JSONArray jsonArray) {
      try {
          String path="C:/Users/Thiru/Documents/Website Design/Macaw/";
          FileWriter file = new FileWriter(path+"WebContent/properties/status.json");
          file.write(jsonArray.toJSONString());
          file.flush();
          file.close();
  
      } catch (IOException e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
      }   
  }
  
  protected static String parseDIV(File input, String divElement)
          throws IOException {
      Document doc = Jsoup.parse(input, "UTF-8");
      String content = doc.getElementById(divElement).val();
      System.out.println(divElement +" "+content);
      return content;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>}</p>
  
  <p>And i also want to access the files inside Webcontent from <strong>RESTful web servic</strong>e method using relative path. Thanks in advance.</p>