Question

Let’s say i have created the file

String path = application.getRealPath("userSearchFolder");
String name = path + "/" + (String) session.getAttribute("username") + ".xml";
File file = new File(name);

And later I want to make it available as a link, for example

 <a href"<%=file.toURI()%>">File</a>

What happens is I get the directory path not url path ->

file:/D:/Documents/NetBeansProjects/2012/GATE_Project/build/web/userSearchFolder/mjoraid.txt.xml

And when it reaches Firefox, I hover over the link and what i see is

file:///D:/Documents/NetBeansProjects/2012/GATE_Project/build/web/userSearchFolder/mjoraid.xml

When I right click and choose Copy link Location and paste it in URL the xml file opens, but when I click the link, nothing happens.

How could I get a link like this

http://localhost:8080/GATE_Project/somepage/somepage/mjoraid.xml

Answer 1

Ok, i did it manually, similar to how i used to do it in php, create a variable that contains the website main directory.

  String searchFolderURL = "http://localhost:8080/GATE_Project/userSearchFolder/"; 

and then

 <a href="<%=searchFolderURL + file.getName()%>" target="_blank"  >See original txt File </a>

Thanks btw.