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ServletContext#getRealPath(File.separator) giveing null in tomcat

I use following code in HttpServlet. 

String pathToWeb = getServletContext().getRealPath(File.separator);

I have application where above code is working fine and return the real path of application directory. Whereas I send another branch for QA and not able to detect the real-path using above code.

which is always return null, using java8,tomcat8 on windows server. Please assist.

I already gone through question like this but not able to find out the solution.

Solution

  • Use / for the path of the context root:

    getServletContext().getRealPath("/")

    instead of the OS-specific file separator.