How to get request URI without context path?

Question

The Method request.getRequestURI() returns URI with context path.

For example, if the base URL of an application is http://localhost:8080/myapp/ (i.e.

Answer 1

getPathInfo() sometimes return null. In documentation HttpServletRequest

This method returns null if there was no extra path information.

I need get path to file without context path in Filter and getPathInfo() return me null. So I use another method: httpRequest.getServletPath()

public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException
{
    HttpServletRequest httpRequest = (HttpServletRequest) request;
    HttpServletResponse httpResponse = (HttpServletResponse) response;

    String newPath = parsePathToFile(httpRequest.getServletPath());
    ...

}