What does servletcontext.getRealPath(“/”) mean and when should I use it

Question

In the following snippet:

ServletContext context = request.getServletContext();
String path = context.getRealPath(\"/\");

What does /

Answer 1

There is also a change between Java 7 and Java 8. Admittedly it involves the a deprecated call, but I had to add a "/" to get our program working! Here is the link discussing it Why does servletContext.getRealPath returns null on tomcat 8?