Getting absolute path of image file

Hello all,
I have an image file that I need to be using in an external tool and the only way I can use that is through its absolute (url) path. So if my image can be accessed by

I need to be able to get the absolute path which might be:

How can I do this?

Before I finish, I do not know if this topic belongs here; if it does not then please do the needful to port it to the right forum. I apologize if that is the case.

Thanks.

The ServletContext.getRealPath method can do this.

Since this is a servlet-related topic, I'll move it to the Servlets forum.

Thanks ...
I am trying to use this from my ActionClass - is there an alternative to ServletContext.getRealPath?

Hi
I tried doing this from my action class:

But I am getting NULL.
Is that the right way to use getRealPath? Please advise.

I am looking up online but I am not finding any answers.

Are you trying to get the file path or the URL?

I want to get the URL for the image.
Let me explain the requirement, I am trying to use this image from an XSL file and there it will not take the relative path, but only the absolute path.
So I need to be able to reference the image as

From my Java code, I will be able to get the relative path of the image but I will need to know what is the application URL so that I can pass it appropriately to my XSL so that it can read the image properly and render it.

Thanks.

All the information you need is available from the methods on the request.

It is indeed! It was right under my nose! And I have used it earlier, never realized ....
Thanks for the help, Bear!