wants store the files in database and retrieve files

You basically need to convert the relative web path to absolute disk file system path by ServletContext#getRealPath().

String relativeWebPath = "/uploads"; String absoluteDiskPath = getServletContext().getRealPath(relativeWebPath); String filename = FilenameUtils.getName(item.getName()); File file = new File(absoluteDiskPath, filename); // ...

However, this approach of writing uploaded files to expanded WAR folder is absolutely not recommended. When you redeploy the WAR, all those uploaded files will get lost (simply because they are not contained in the original WAR!). It will also not work when the server is configured to expand WAR in memory instead of on disk. The getRealPath() would then return null.

Write uploaded files to a path outside the expanded WAR folder. You did it right at first place. You can always make the upload folder configureable by specifying it as a VM argument or a properties file setting.

Last but not least, Java code belongs in Java classes, not JSP files.

Reference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9276456/how-to-write-uploaded-file-to-a-folder-inside-web-project

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Bhuvanesh Mohankumar9y ago
You basically need to convert the relative web path to absolute disk file system path by ServletContext#getRealPath().
```
String relativeWebPath = "/uploads"; String absoluteDiskPath = getServletContext().getRealPath(relativeWebPath); String filename = FilenameUtils.getName(item.getName()); File file = new File(absoluteDiskPath, filename); // ...
```
However, this approach of writing uploaded files to expanded WAR folder is absolutely not recommended. When you redeploy the WAR, all those uploaded files will get lost (simply because they are not contained in the original WAR!). It will also not work when the server is configured to expand WAR in memory instead of on disk. The getRealPath() would then return null.
Write uploaded files to a path outside the expanded WAR folder. You did it right at first place. You can always make the upload folder configureable by specifying it as a VM argument or a properties file setting.
Last but not least, Java code belongs in Java classes, not JSP files.

Reference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9276456/how-to-write-uploaded-file-to-a-folder-inside-web-project

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