Where does Soap UI look for a file in new File() Groovy Script by default? How do i change this?

Question

I have a groovy script which reads the text from a file and returns it as a response

i have to read it as follows

text = new File("D:/text.xml")

now the problem is i'd like to use relative paths.. so i was wondering

If i just say

text = new File("text.xml")

Where does Soap UI / Groovy start searching for the file by default? This currently throws a "java.io.FileNotFoundException".

How do i change this so that it uses paths relative to the project.xml file?

This is how i finally solved my requirement

def groovyUtils = new com.eviware.soapui.support.GroovyUtils(context)
def projectPath = groovyUtils.projectPath //gets the path of the project root
def response = new File(projectPath, "/test.xml").text;

re:file path, does the info in this post help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12266525/how-can-i-use-relative-paths-to-external-response-files-for-soapui-mockservice ? — Matt Felzani, Dec 27 '12 at 06:47

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 26 '12 at 10:54

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Add

System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.dir"));

or

System.out.println(text.getAbsolutePath());

to your script to find out.

answered Dec 26 '12 at 10:54

JB Nizet

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AFAIK, the above is valid Groovy. And you already have a Groovy script running. – JB Nizet Dec 26 '12 at 11:21
It currently looks inside the soap install folder , how do i make it look inside another folder, hopefully relative to the actual project.xml file? – Brijesh Bharadwaj Dec 27 '12 at 06:44
Also how can i access a global property from within the groovy script? So that i could atleast append it to each new File()? – Brijesh Bharadwaj Dec 27 '12 at 06:45

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 27 '12 at 08:06

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You can set the Resource Root Project Property in soapUI.

${projectDir} points to your project folder.

Resource Root Project Property

answered Dec 27 '12 at 08:06

Sebi

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Where does Soap UI look for a file in new File() Groovy Script by default? How do i change this?

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