How to give a path name in web.xml

[phoenix raising]

Hi in my project for uploading a image i have given path in web.xml as

<context-param>
        <description>Location to store uploaded file</description>
        <param-name>file-upload</param-name>
        <param-value>
        C://temp
     </param-value>
    </context-param>

this runs in my system.

But when i host the site i need to give the path name of the directory from the server How can i give the path name in web.xml. if anyone dont understand my question give reply.thanks in advance

[saahil gupta]

Can you post your Code here.

[phoenix raising]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>LoginController</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>controller.LoginController</servlet-class>
    </servlet>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>LoginService</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>model.LoginService</servlet-class>
    </servlet>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>Registration</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>model.Registration</servlet-class>
    </servlet>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>admin</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>model.admin</servlet-class>
    </servlet>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>viewimage</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>model.viewimage</servlet-class>
    </servlet>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>download</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>model.download</servlet-class>
    </servlet>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>downloadimage</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>model.downloadimage</servlet-class>
    </servlet>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>anyfileview</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>model.anyfileview</servlet-class>
    </servlet>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>adminimageview</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>model.adminimageview</servlet-class>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>LoginController</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/LoginController</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>LoginService</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/LoginService</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Registration</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/Registration</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>admin</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/admin</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>viewimage</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/viewimage</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>download</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/download</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>downloadimage</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/downloadimage</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>anyfileview</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/anyfileview</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>adminimageview</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/adminimageview</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <session-config>
        <session-timeout>
            30
        </session-timeout>
    </session-config>
    <welcome-file-list>
        <welcome-file>Home.jsp</welcome-file>
    </welcome-file-list>
    <context-param>
        <description>Location to store uploaded file</description>
        <param-name>file-upload</param-name>
        <param-value>
       c:/temp
     </param-value>
    </context-param>
</web-app>

This code works in local system as i have given absolute path.
When i hosted the site in server i have given the path as /image/ and it is available im my root directory. But it is not working as it shows error the path is not found as i also tried with webapps/cloud1_1_1/image as it is shown in ftp . Can anyone rectify it. Thanks in advance.

[Rob Spoor]

The right approach would be to specify a path relative to the web application, then use ServletContext.getRealPath to turn it into an absolute path.

[Tim Holloway]

I can provide some practical solutions, but not to "phoenix raising". We don't have many rules here, but this one is critical: http://www.javaranch.com/name.jsp