how to parse an xml file

[oregon]

I need to parse an XML file hello.xml which is in WEB-INF/classes folder
My Action class calls a helper class called XMLMenuBuilder which needs to parse the menu.xml

the code:

LogonAction.java

XMLMenuBuilder builder = new XMLMenuBuilder();
Vector menuV = (Vector)builder.renderMenu();

XMLMenuBuilder.java

public Vector renderMenu() throws AppException
{
  DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
  Document document = builder.parse( new File(xmlfile) );
}

My Problem is how can I make the builder.parse access the menu.xml file under the WEB-INF/classes folder instead of searching for it on the file system
any ideas?

[sathish_2111]

If you are using .war file and it has WEB-INF/classes folder and also your class files...then you can use xmlfile = "WEB-INF/classes/menu.xml"

[brianhks]

Because the file is in your classes folder you can use the ClassLoader to get at it. Try this:

builder.parse(this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(xmlFile));

That will get you what you want.

[oregon]

it worked brianhks
thanks to everybody