playframework 2.0 VirtualFile fromRelativePath is missing

Question

In play 1.x was possible to use code that can get a file from relative application's path. Like this:

static File xmlDataFile= VirtualFile.fromRelativePath(
            "/app/parsers/data/some_data.xml"
    ).getRealFile();

This code is not controller's code. But some code in app/parsers package.

How can I do the this in playframework 2.x? For Java!

Answer 1

public static Result menu() throws IOException {

    String path = Play.application().resource("/resources/menu.json").toString();

    String content = Files.toString(new File(path), Charsets.UTF_8);

    return ok(content).as("JSON");
}