Refering images in JSP (path problem).

[prat narang]

Hi friends,
Need some help from u guys....I am developing an application using JSP and Tomcat 5.0.In the html tag inside jsp pages i am refering to images which r located in a particular folder inside the web application folder.My doubt is when i refer to the image do i hard-code the destination directory or should i use the some other logical method (such that i don't need to hard-code the path) in the jsp page. Kindly advise.....
......thxs in advance.
Prat.

[Ankur Jaiswal]

You can specify the images in two ways:
1. Document Relative
2. Document Root Relative.
In the former, the reference could be given as:
<img src="../images/cm_banner.png">
where images is a folder directly under the web contents.
In the second way, the path is given as:
<img src="/CIF/CM/images/cm_banner.png">
that is relative to the root. Note that CIF/CM is the context root in this case.
Regards,
Ankur

The image paths can also be hardcoded if you want to, though the practice is not adviseable.

[prat narang]

thanx ankur,
but what if i have to change the context name itself, then i've to change all the files where i've written the path value.
i need some solution in that scenerio.
thanx
--prat--

[Amit KumarS]

hiii...
for refrencing the contextPath u can write in the following manner..

 
<img src="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/images/cm_banner.png">
 

this should solve ur problem....
if still in doubt do revert back..
Amit Kumar

[Ankur Jaiswal]

Hi,
What is the IDE are you using, if you are using one???
As for the solution , you might have to change all the links manually either as document or root relative.
AJ