Uploading file to local Eclipse folder

I am trying to get the basics of I/O with Spring.

I am working through the File Upload samples. I want to store the files in a temporary folder in the project for testing.

I have this code:

 @RequestMapping(value="/upload", method=RequestMethod.POST)
    public @ResponseBody String handleFileUpload(@RequestParam("name") String name, 
            @RequestParam("file") MultipartFile file){
        if (!file.isEmpty()) {
            try {
                byte[] bytes = file.getBytes();
                BufferedOutputStream stream =
                        new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(new File(name)));
                //get directory

                stream.write(bytes);
                stream.close();

I have created folder "files" within the project files. I want to know how to target the local folder.

I have tried using class File's alternate constructor.