Can someone explain what this page Context.request.contextPath does?

Question

can someone explain what thisContext.request.contextPath page will do? It would be helpful if you would give an example. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

${pageContext.request.contextPath}is an EL expression equivalent to a JSP expression <%= request.getContextPath() %>.

It is recommended to use ${pageContext.request.contextPath}instead of hard coding your context path.

eg. <a href="${pageContext.request.contextPath}/info/page.html">Link</a>better than<a href="http://abc.xyz.com/info/page.html">Link</a>