WAR file issue

Question

          Hi! People,
          Is anybody able to use paths from
          web application root
          to access images, etc. from JSP pages???
          for eg:-
          regardless of where a particular jsp is in the web application,
          it should be able to resolve something like this:
          <IMG SRC="/imagefolder/image4.gif">
          Weblogic should be able to resolve it from WEB-APP document
          root, right?
          For me Weblogic is searching for the images in document root of WL server, and not in root of web application.
          Please help me as soon as possible. Please let me know how
          I can fix this.
          Thanks in advance.
          

Answer 1

First, it is a coincidence that your name is Ejb. I have a cousin named Ejb
          too. You might know him; perhaps you received your deployment at the same
          school. ;-)
          I hadn't thought of the XSL issue. Good point. Think think think. Is
          there no way that the context path could be passed as part of the incoming
          document? Aye carumba.
          Cameron Purdy
          http://www.tangosol.com
          "Ejb Developer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
          news:[email protected]...
          >
          > Thanks Cameron!
          >
          > Here is why I wanted to use absolute paths:
          >
          > Reason 1:
          > ---------
          > We have a bunch of XSL files which contain references
          > to images. These XSL files will be applied to XML that is
          > generated at runtime as part of request to a JSP.
          > Since many MANY jsps use the same XSL files,
          > relative references from XSL files don't work with
          > the jsps being in different levels of WAR file hierarchy.
          >
          > Reason 2:
          > ---------
          > We have a set of jsps with links
          > which point to other pages.
          > Now these need to be included from different jsps.
          > They only work when we have absolute paths available.
          >
          > I have made a set of tags to make absolute paths available
          > to all references within jsps
          > (basically using request.getContextPath()),
          > but it is proving slightly difficult to pass this
          > information for XSLT processing.
          >
          > Thanks,
          > Ejb
          >
          >
          > "Cameron Purdy" <[email protected]> wrote:
          > >The browser is what is searching the root of the server. Remember, the
          > >following is sent to the browser:
          > >
          > >> <IMG SRC="/imagefolder/image4.gif">
          > >
          > >The browser then figures out the "real" path, and since you led with a
          > >the browser goes to the root of the host.
          > >
          > >You either have to make a tag that provides the image directory
          (including
          > >the context path) or you have to use relative paths to load images. Be
          > >careful with relative paths if your URLs have any additional '/' in them
          > >(e.g. some .jsps are in a subdirectory of your war, or you use a '/'
          after
          > >your servlet name to pass more information as part of the URL).
          > >
          > >--
          > >
          > >Cameron Purdy
          > >http://www.tangosol.com
          > >
          > >
          > >"Ejb Developer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
          > >news:[email protected]...
          > >>
          > >> Hi! People,
          > >>
          > >> Is anybody able to use paths from
          > >> web application root
          > >> to access images, etc. from JSP pages???
          > >>
          > >> for eg:-
          > >>
          > >> regardless of where a particular jsp is in the web application,
          > >> it should be able to resolve something like this:
          > >>
          > >> <IMG SRC="/imagefolder/image4.gif">
          > >>
          > >> Weblogic should be able to resolve it from WEB-APP document
          > >> root, right?
          > >> For me Weblogic is searching for the images in document root of WL
          server,
          > >and not in root of web application.
          > >>
          > >> Please help me as soon as possible. Please let me know how
          > >> I can fix this.
          > >>
          > >> Thanks in advance.
          > >
          > >
          >