image display on jsp page

i am using<img src="../img/image.gif" /> to display the image on jsp but it show a smalll icon. img folder are parallel to jsps folder Directory structure: 开发者_StackOverflow社区 WebContent jsps .jsp files foo img images.gif WEB-INF

Create a variable in your jsp that points to the context of your application

<c:set var="ctx" value="${pageContext.request.contextPath}" />

and use it to reference your images

<img src="${ctx}/images/theme/middle_banner.jpg" />