Open a file using a servlet

package com.ack.web.servlet;

import java.io.FileReader;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

public class OpenAFileUsingAServlet extends HttpServlet {

  public void doGet( HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res )

      throws ServletException, IOException {

    String webAppPath = getServletContext().getRealPath( "" );

    String webXMLFile = getServletContext().getRealPath( "/WEB-INF/web.xml" );

    FileReader fr = new FileReader( webXMLFile );

    for( int c = fr.read(); c != -1; c = fr.read() ) {

      System.out.print( (char) c );

    }

    res.getWriter().println( "check the console!" );

  }

}