How to get the app root path in play2?

Question

In play1, we can get the app path by:

Play.applicationPath

How to do the same in Play2?

Berg

Answer 1

With the Scala API, you can do it like this to get a java.io.File to the app:

import play.api.Play.current
Play.application.path

In Java:

import play.Play;
Play.application().path();

Claim

for those wondering, using Java it's File root=Play.application().path(); – Tutty

I get a "cannot find symbol" if I try to use Play.application().path() in Java. What do you import? – Pritchett

In scala play 2.2, use the same import with current.path instead – Leckie

Answer 2

For Play 2.5.x it should be like this. I keep the stuffs not related to the question. However, should be handy for other things.

package io

import javax.inject.Inject
import com.google.inject.Singleton
import play.Application
import play.api.Environment

@Singleton
class File @Inject()(environment: Environment, application: Application) {
    val home: java.io.File = application.path()
}

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