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Asked: 2026-06-05T20:56:37+00:00

I’m uploading images using Spring and Hibernate. I’m saving images on the server as

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I’m uploading images using Spring and Hibernate. I’m saving images on the server as follows.

File savedFile = new File("E:/Project/SpringHibernet/MultiplexTicketBooking/web/images/" + itemName);
item.write(savedFile);

Where itemName is the image file name after parsing the request (enctype="multipart/form-data"). I however need to mention the relative path in the constructor of File. Something like the one shown below.

File savedFile = new File("MultiplexTicketBooking/web/images/" + itemName);
item.write(savedFile);

But it doesn’t work throwing the FileNotFoundException. Is there a way to specify a relative path with File in Java?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It seems the server should offer functionality as might be seen in the methods getContextPath() or getRealPath(String). It would be common to build paths based on those types of server related and reproducible paths. Do not use something like user.dir which makes almost no sense in a server.

    Update

    ServletContext sc=request.getSession().getServletContext(); 
File savedFile = new File(sc.getRealPath("images")+"\\" + itemName);

    Rather than use "\\" I’d tend to replace that with the following which will cause the correct file separator to be used for each platform. Retain cross-platform compatibility for when the client decides to swap the MS/ISS based server out for a Linux/Tomcat stack. 😉

    File savedFile = new File(sc.getRealPath("images"), itemName); //note the ','

    See File(String,String) for details.

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