Paths to use for links

[Wilson Gordon]

In the JSP include files for my project, I use absolute path (starts with /) for the links since those files are included in JSPs that are located in different levels. However, a link such as "/about" ended up as "http://localhost:8080/about". To solve the problem, currently I included the name of the webapps in the path, such as "/myapp/about", but those links would become broken when deployed to a production server.

Is there a better solution?

[Bear Bibeault]

Never hard-code the context path. Use:

${pageContext.request.contextPath}

(assumes JSP 2.0)

[Wilson Gordon]

Thanks Bear!