Currently, I am immersed in a web project leveraging java/ jsp/ servlets/ html/ css within Eclipse Tomcat. At the core of this project, all files are nestled neatly within the WebContent folder.
Within my jsp files, I have encountered an issue when trying to include other jsp files using a link like "/fileName.jsp" in the jsp include directive - this process is successful. However, when attempting to include image files (via a link such as "/fileName.jpg" in the <img src=""> tag), nothing happens at all. The root cause seems to be that instead of searching within the WebContent folder for image files, it mistakenly looks in the tomcat home directory. Essentially, rather than referencing "http ://localhost:port/projectName/...", it erroneously directs its search to "http: //localhost:port/...". This anomaly only arises with <img src=""> tags and not with <%@ /> tags.
To work around this issue, one approach is to start providing absolute paths like "/projectName/...". However, resorting to this solution leads to hardcoding the project name throughout the codebase – a practice that is best avoided.