Spring MVC Get file under WEB-INF without a request

Question

I am trying to get hold of a file ( or a directory ) under /WEB-INF/.../

outside of a request. I need it in a bean loaded at server startup.

A

Answer 1

You can use classpath resource if the file is located in the WEB_INF\classes directory. Which is where any files in your src/main/resources directory will be copied to using a normal maven build ...

import org.springframework.core.io.Resource
...
final Resource yourfile = new ClassPathResource( "myfile.txt");