Find the Context Path with JSF

Published September 22, 2015

Sometimes JSF does not have a component that will produce a particular type of HTML element. That’s not a problem but, I always forget the three method deep route to the context path. I always find I have to work through an IDE’s code completion tool to find the application’s path.

Here it is for next time:

#{facesContext.externalContext.requestContextPath}

A shorter version:

#{request.contextPath}

Just for completeness here is the JSP version:

${pageContext.request.contextPath}

And finaly, the scriptlet version:

<%
    String root = pageContext.getRequest().getServletContext().getContextPath();
%>

If you know any more please do leave a comment.