JSP FileReader URL Issue

Question

I get the strangest thing going on... I have a JSP file which read a file from given path, but somehow the http:// is changed to http:\

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("http://server/path/file.sql"));

the exception i get is: (the file exist for sure!!! works when url is entered in webrowser).

exception=http:\server\path\file.sql (The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect)

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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Use new InputStreamReader(new URL("http://....").openStream(), "UTF-8")

FileReader is used to read the filesystem, not URLs. Also have in mind that writing java code in JSP is usually not a good idea. See here

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Aug 08 '11 at 11:47

Bozho

any idea why is that happaning? – Noam Shaish Aug 08 '11 at 12:47
which one? Your code fails because FileReader can't read URLs – Bozho Aug 08 '11 at 13:08

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