java.io.FileNotFoundException

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hi

in my application i have kept the .jasper file in a separate folder and the java file in a separate folder. in java file i have read the jasper file as given,

/reports/filename.jasper.

 

i get the following error when i try to execute it. please get me the solution if anybody faced similar issue in your experience. thanks.

please see the runReport(...) method in  attached java file and guide me what has to be changed.

 

net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: \reports\ReportPDFFormat.jasper
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRLoader.loadObject(JRLoader.java:75)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperFillManager.fillReport(JasperFillManager.java:254)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperRunManager.runReportToPdf(JasperRunManager.java:225)
    at com.jeevan.ProfitLossBusiness.runReportToPDFFormat(ProfitLossBusiness.java:182)
    at com.jeevan.ProfitLossBusiness.runReport(ProfitLossBusiness.java:156)
    at com.jeevan.ReportPDFFormat.doGet(ReportPDFFormat.java:74)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:617)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:845)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: \reports\ReportPDFFormat.jasper