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Narendra
Narendra

Reputation: 137

how to get the path upto webapps folder of tomcat in servlet

i am trying to get the tomcat webapps folder based on environment where i deployed i tried the bellow code

String path= ctx.getRealPath("/");
op:C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.0\webapps\myapp

this is giving upto root of the application i want to get the path upto webapps with out using any string removal on "path"

are there any other methods in context can provide me the tomcat webapps path ? anyone can help me one this?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 9115

Answers (1)

locus2k
locus2k

Reputation: 2935

When tomcat starts up it registers a system property called catalina.base you can do something like this

String tomcatBase = System.getProperty("catalina.base");

This will return (for your example) C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.0

Then from there for a standard installation you can get to your webapp by doing

String webApp = String.format("%s/webapps/myapp", tomcatBase);

Then regardless of where you deploy tomcat, the path will always work.

Upvotes: 6

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