to find the workspace path at runtime to write the file

[Gnanam]

Hi All,
this is my first post in this forum..
I have a Struts project deployed in tomcat webapps. User Sign in details are configured in a xml file and are validated by reading the xml file..The xml file is in the path WEB-INF/classes/com/files/user.xml...
when a new user has to be added his/her details has to be written in the same user.xml file..I read the the file using
getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("c om/files/user.xml");

To write the file using filewriter if I have to give the full path without hardcoding it.
For eg.
D:/SDE3.0/workspace/project/WebContent/WEB-INF/classes/com/files/user.xml
when I tried to get this path URL using getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("com/files/user.xml") , i get
C:/Program Files/SDE3.0/tomcat-5.5.16/webapps/Request/WEB-INF/classes/com/files/user.xml

Please suggest me how to solve this issue or is there way to find the workspace path at runtime so that I can avoid hardcoding of this path.
Thanks in advance
Regards,
Gnanam

[Swamipsn]

Check your struts-config.xml make sure you give all the data source names on that including user.xml

[Gnanam]

Hi

Thanks for your reply.I am new to struts.This is my first Struts project.
I haven't made any entry for data source in struts-config.xml.
Could you please tell me if I have to use like this
<data-source key="dataSource">
<set-property property="user.xml" value="C:/Program Files/SDE3.0/tomcat-5.5.16/webapps/Request/WEB-INF/classes/com/files/user.xml" />
or
<data-source key="dataSource">
<set-property property="user.xml" value="D:/SDE3.0/workspace/project/WebContent/WEB-INF/classes/com/files/user.xml" />


Pls reply me and pardon me if my question is so lame.
Thanks in advance
Gnanam

[Swamipsn]

For make it simple please keep the user.xml file in web-inf directory. And let me to know the IDE you have been use.

[Gnanam]

I am using SDE3.1(Eclipse)
Ok I ll keep user.xml in web-inf dir.
But will getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("u ser.xml") load it or will it look in web-inf /classes dir.

[Swamipsn]

Actually its automatically load it. If any problem to do it download and use Struts consol third party Struts tool