FileNotFoundException, FileInputStream, File

[horndinkle]

I'm at my wit's end. <grumble> I'm getting a FileNotFoundException when I try to read in a file. Here's the relevant code:

    public List<String> getList() throws IOException {

	    List<String> colorsList = null;

        Element element = null;
        DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();

        try {
            colorsList = new ArrayList<String>();
            DocumentBuilder parser = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
            Document doc = parser.parse(new FileInputStream(new File(
                    "Colors.xml")));
            Element root = doc.getDocumentElement();
            NodeList nodes = root.getChildNodes();

            for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
                Node node = nodes.item(i);
                if (!(node instanceof Element)) {
                    continue;
                }
                element = (Element) node;
                colorsList.add(element.getAttribute("name"));
                logger.info("color=" + element.getAttribute("name"));
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace(System.out);
        } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (SAXException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return colorsList;
	}

Here's the error I'm getting:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: Colors.xml (The system cannot find the file specified)
	at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
	at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
	at model.serviceLayer.Colors.ColorsSvcXmlImpl.getList(ColorsSvcXmlImpl.java:52)
	at model.businessLayer.Colors.ColorsMgr.getList(ColorsMgr.java:35)
	at taglib.ListTag.doStartTag(ListTag.java:27)
	at org.apache.jsp.view.ColorList_jsp._jspx_meth_myTags_005fcolorList_005f0(ColorList_jsp.java:179)
	at org.apache.jsp.view.ColorList_jsp._jspService(ColorList_jsp.java:112)
	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:419)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:391)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:334)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:304)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:240)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:164)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:462)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:562)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:395)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:250)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:188)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:166)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:302)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Now: the xml file and the dtd are under the project name, and they're spelled correctly. Please can someone help me?

[Junky]

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

Add that line to the start of your code. This will display your current working directory and where your code is trying to find your file.

[Tolls]

The other way (which has the same effect) is:

File f = new File("Colors.xml");
System.out.println(f.getAbsolutePath());

[horndinkle]

Well, I found out what directory I'm in. It makes a kind of sense, but it's still irritating. It was C:\apache\apache-tomcat-7.0.12. (#@#$#$!!) Thanks for all your help! It was wonderful!