Dozer file not found exception

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Rafi picture Rafi · Dec 3, 2011 · Viewed 9.7k times · Source

I am trying to execute below dozer example. my xml file is located in the same location as my java file, but i am getting the file not found exception 

Exception in thread "main" org.dozer.MappingException: Unable to locate dozer mapping file [dozerMapping.xml] in the classpath!
    at org.dozer.util.MappingUtils.throwMappingException(MappingUtils.java:87)
    at org.dozer.util.MappingValidator.validateURL(MappingValidator.java:63)
    at org.dozer.loader.CustomMappingsLoader.loadFromFiles(CustomMappingsLoader.java:101)
    at org.dozer.loader.CustomMappingsLoader.load(CustomMappingsLoader.java:56)
    at org.dozer.DozerBeanMapper.loadCustomMappings(DozerBeanMapper.java:213)
    at org.dozer.DozerBeanMapper.getMappingProcessor(DozerBeanMapper.java:186)
    at org.dozer.DozerBeanMapper.map(DozerBeanMapper.java:111)
    at com.mapping.CopyAttributes.main(CopyAttributes.java:28)

If i give the complete the file path it is working but i am getting the below exception 

Exception in thread "main" org.dozer.MappingException: java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: c
    at org.dozer.util.MappingUtils.throwMappingException(MappingUtils.java:82)
    at org.dozer.util.ResourceLoader.getResource(ResourceLoader.java:57)
    at org.dozer.util.DefaultClassLoader.loadResource(DefaultClassLoader.java:44)
    at org.dozer.util.MappingValidator.validateURL(MappingValidator.java:61)
    at org.dozer.loader.CustomMappingsLoader.loadFromFiles(CustomMappingsLoader.java:101)
    at org.dozer.loader.CustomMappingsLoader.load(CustomMappingsLoader.java:56)
    at org.dozer.DozerBeanMapper.loadCustomMappings(DozerBeanMapper.java:213)
    at org.dozer.DozerBeanMapper.getMappingProcessor(DozerBeanMapper.java:186)
    at org.dozer.DozerBeanMapper.map(DozerBeanMapper.java:111)
    at com.mapping.CopyAttributes.main(CopyAttributes.java:28)
Caused by: java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: c
    at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at org.dozer.util.ResourceLoader.getResource(ResourceLoader.java:55)

source code

    String file = "C:/UnitTest/Dozer/src/com/mapping/mapping.xml";
    DozerBeanMapper mapper = new DozerBeanMapper(Arrays.asList(new String[]{file}));

Answer

user1393631 picture user1393631 · Jul 2, 2012

Ok. I solved this..

I put the file in resources/META-INF/dozerBeanMapping.xml and accessed the file by using:

String file = "META-INF/dozerBeanMapping.xml";

DozerBeanMapper mapper = new DozerBeanMapper(Arrays.asList(new String[]{file}));

I hope this will help you guys as well.

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