J2EE Web App - Image path configration

[Naki-BoT]

I have implemented image upload feature but I am facing issue with its path configuration.I want to store the uploaded the images outside of webapp root directory because every time I un-deploy the application, it deletes the images within the application.Now, I can store the the uploaded file by getting the path from property file [say C:\images] but when I use that path in it doesn't show the file in web page.Can you please let me know how to get the absolute path in img src tag.