is there any method for finding

[ramesh kothakonda]

hi javaranchers,
Is there any method for finding absolute path of Webapplication in servltes.
if our webapplication folder name is mywebapp .
It is available in webapps folder. May i know the absolute path of mywebapp folder.

if you give me answer i will be very thankfull in advance.
thanking you
regards
[ November 14, 2006: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

[Ben Souther]

If you're app has been deployed as an exploded file structure, ServletContext.getRealPath("/") will return the path.

If you're app was deployed as a packed war archive then, there really is no path and getRealPath will return null.

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/api/javax/servlet/ServletContext.html#getRealPath(java.lang.String)
[ November 14, 2006: Message edited by: Ben Souther ]

[ramesh kothakonda]

thank you for giving response,
Actually my requirement is to upload a file in specific directory.
Suppose I am having directory structure like
webapps
application
WEB-INF
IMAGES
some static resources
I want to upload a file into images folder.
In what way i can get the real path of our webapplication .I am doing this one in struts.

Thanking you

[Bear Bibeault]

Please read Ben's response again. He has answered your question.

[Prabhu Venkatachalam]

Simple way to do this is,

1. Add your real path where you want to upload files to application.properties file.

2. Read URL from the property file from your JSP or Servlet.

In furture if you want to change URL, you just need to change in property file.

HTH,