how to access resources which are available in tomcat folder using java webapplication?

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I would like to set some values in properties file and put the file in somewhere in tomcat because the property file's values are changeable. I will give only war file and properties file the customer will change values in properties file while using the application.

mail.smtp.host=smtp.gmail.com
mail.smtp.port= 465

This is what is my exact need. I want to set the values for this mail.smtp.host and mail.smtp.port

I want to access these values from servlet.

please help me how to go about.

Regards Tony

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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Use

servletContext.getRealPath("/");

and then you can navigate to your directory from tomcat

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edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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answered Jun 12 '12 at 09:39

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servletContext can not be resolved. error – Joe Jun 12 '12 at 09:45
from servlet you from service method you need to do `getServletContext()` that will return ` servletContext` – jmj Jun 12 '12 at 09:46

how to access resources which are available in tomcat folder using java webapplication?

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