How to get webapp context path from javax.servlet API in init me thod?

[Vijayanand Sukumar <VS...@manage.com>]

Can I get the context path in the init() method of the server because i do
not have a request object there???

Thanks 
Vijay

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:Craig.McClanahan@eng.sun.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 10:22 AM
To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org
Subject: Re: How to get webapp context path from javax.servlet API?


Vijayanand Sukumar wrote:

> Hi ,
> I need to know if there is a way to get the context path from without
> creating  a dependency on tomcat. If my web-app context is /foo and I want
> to convert a  URL relative to the current context back into an external
URL
> with the full  syntax.

When processing a servlet request, simply call

    String contextPath = request.getContextPath();

and you can use this value to construct an absolute URL.

>
> Thanks
> Vijayanand Sukumar

Craig McClanahan

Re: How to get webapp context path from javax.servlet API in init method?

["Craig R. McClanahan" <Cr...@eng.sun.com>]

Vijayanand Sukumar wrote:

> Can I get the context path in the init() method of the server because i do
> not have a request object there???
>

No ... it is only accessible when a request is being processed.

>
> Thanks
> Vijay
>

Craig