Access request context path from velocity/freemarker

[pburleson]

I am trying to figure out how to make the context path of the current request available to the model for Velocity/Freemarker using SpringMVC. I need this to make absolute URLs work when needed. Is there a way to expose this easily to all my views?

Thanks,
Patrick

[davison]

put the RequestContext into the model by setting the bean property 'requestContextAttribute' on your view (or view resolver for Velocity/FreeMarkerViewResolver). For example, in views.properties or equiv.
foo.requestContextAttribute=rc
then in your template,
${rc.contextPath}
Regards,

[pburleson]

Thanks. I had seen that parameter before and had wondered if that was what I needed to set. Thanks for the clarification. I just tried it and like magic it worked.

Patrick