Java tutorial
import java.io.*; import javax.servlet.*; import javax.servlet.http.*; import java.net.*; public class MyServlet extends HttpServlet { public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) throws ServletException, IOException { ServletOutputStream out = res.getOutputStream(); res.setContentType("text/plain"); String file = req.getPathInfo(); if (file == null) { out.println("Extra path info was null; should be a resource to view"); return; } URL url = getServletContext().getResource(file); if (url == null) { out.println("Resource " + file + " not found"); return; } URLConnection con = null; try { con = url.openConnection(); con.connect(); } catch (IOException e) { out.println("Resource " + file + " could not be read: " + e.getMessage()); return; } } }