Different results for ServletContext.getRealPath

[Reginald Law]

I noticed that JRun tags on a file path seperator for the method ServletContext.getRealPath, where as Apache Tomcat does not append it on. I am calling the method from the init method in the servlet.

How does one get around this so code does not have to be changed from one application server to another one ?

[Mike Curwen]

The following code (which has not been compiled or tested) assumes that all your other code *expects* your paths to end with /.

String thePathOfInterest = application.getRealPath("/");
 
if (thePathOfInterest != null && !thePathOfInterest.endsWith("/")) {
    thePathOfInterest = thePathOfInterest + "/";
}