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user5279202
user5279202

Reputation: 11

How to get Relative Path in Spring web project

I am creating a spring web project where i am uploading a csv file and saving it to database. I need to keep the file in the relative path of the project so that it can be accessed through the url.for example: localhost:port/project_name/file_name But I am getting the absolute path everytime using servlet context or URL. Please help me out to get the relative path in spring controller.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2541

Answers (1)

Jorge Jiménez Barra
Jorge Jiménez Barra

Reputation: 349

You can save the file wherever you want. I particularly create a folder in the tomcat's directory and access it through the Java System Property System.getProperty("catalina.base");

Then to the url you can choose one of these possibilities:

For example, I saved the file in:

System.getProperty("catalina.base")+File.separator+"mydata"+File.separator+filename;

I can create the controller:

@Controller
public class MyDataController {

    @RequestMapping("/mydata/{filename}")
    public String helloWorld(@PathVariable("filename") String filename) {
        String path = System.getProperty("catalina.base")+File.separator+"mydata"+File.separator+filename;
        return new FileSystemResource(new File(path)); 
    }
}

or declare a context in tomcat create the file: [tomcat6directory]/conf/Catalina/localhost/appcontext#mydata.xml containing

<Context antiResourceLocking="false" privileged="true" path="/mydata" docBase="${catalina.base}/mydata" />

Upvotes: 1

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