How can I parse a URL using JSP/JSTL?

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Published on 2010-04-09T18:40:43Z Indexed on 2010/04/09 18:43 UTC
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I want to capture the base path of a given url

http://mydomain.com/mypath/coolpath/favoritepath/file.htm

so basically i just want this:

/mypath/coolpath/favoritepath/

Any ideas how to do this without using straight Java?

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