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Reading configuration files from the conf directory within a module is a very common occurring in wowza. the following code snippet shows how to read a text file as string from the conf directory. If the file does not exist the code throws an IOException. this example makes use of the environment variable WMSCONFIG_HOME,

/**

 * Read a text file as string from the wowza conf directory give the filename

 * 

 * @param filename file name of the file to read

 * @return

 * @throws IOException

 */

private String readFileFromConfigDirectory(String filename) throws IOException

{

    String conf_home = System.getenv("WMSCONFIG_HOME");

    File conf_dir = new File(conf_home + File.separator + "conf");

    if(conf_dir.exists()) {

        // read the file contents here

        File file_to_read= new File(conf_dir.getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + filename);

        if(file_to_read.exists()) {

            String content = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(file_to_read.getAbsolutePath())));

            return content;

        }

        else {

            throw new IOException("oops! file "+filename+" not found!!");

        }

    }

    else {

        throw new IOException("oops! conf directory was not found!!");

    }

}