unable to get relative path to absolute path in java

Question

Im giving the path of the image to properties file and getting the path to Image class in my pdfGenerating class. like:

properties.load(DownloadPdf.class.getResourceAsStream("/resource.properties"));
System.out.println("--properties----"+properties);
System.out.println("-path-"+properties.getProperty("logoPath"));
//String path = properties.getProperty("logoPath");
//URL uri = Paths.get(path).toUri().toURL();
System.out.println("---path-"+properties.getProperty("logoPath"));
Image image = Image.getInstance(properties.getProperty("logoPath"));

Here my logopath is:

path----------------C:/Users/Home/Documents/workspace-gofindo/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/.....

But i'm getting the path in

Image.getInstance(properties.getProperty("logopath"));

like

C:\Users\Home\Documents\workspace-gofindo\.metadata\.plugins\org.

I have tried with replace and replaceAll() methods to convert '\\' to '/' again the image class converting into '\\'. How to get my absolute path which i have specified in properties file exactly into Image.getInstance() method

Answer 1

I have remodified the way i can read the path of the file like below.

        // Load path of the Image from Properties file
        Properties properties = new Properties();
        properties.load(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(
                "/resource.properties"));
        // To get the Path of the Context
        String contextPath = request.getContextPath();
        String split_path[] = contextPath.split("/");
        contextPath = request.getRealPath(split_path[0]);
        Image image = Image.getInstance(contextPath
                    + properties.getProperty("logoPath"));
        image.scaleAbsolute(120f, 60f);// image width,height