How to return an html file using Spring MVC controller

Question

I'm working on a website using both WaveMaker and Springsource MVC.

The entry generated by WaveMaker is named 'index.html'. I import all browser-side code into the /view directroy of an MVC project. And try to configure ContextLoadListener to map it into an uri. Using:

@RequestMapping(value = "/index", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String testIndex() {

    return "index.html";
}

Then I got the following error testing it:

SEVERE: PWC6117: File "C:\glassfish3\glassfish\domains\domain1\eclipseApps\TribblesDashboard\WEB-INF\views\index.html.jsp" not found

How do I fix it?

See static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.1.x/…. But the easiest solution is to rename the index.html file to index.jsp. — JB Nizet
– JB Nizet, Commented Oct 31, 2012 at 19:10
Looks like your viewResolver isn't configured correctly. Do you have one defined? — MStodd
– MStodd, Commented Oct 31, 2012 at 19:10
The default viewResolver behaviour is to automatically looks for the returned view name with ".jsp" on the end. So rename "index.html" to "index.jsp" and then return just "index" — nickdos
– nickdos, Commented Nov 1, 2012 at 0:25

Mr. Polywhirl · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-23 19:08:32Z

2

This can be due to two reasons.

The declaration of view resolver in application context. This should be some thing like this:

<bean id="viewResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
    <property name="prefix">
        <value>/WEB-INF/jsp/</value>
    </property>
    <property name="suffix">
        <value>.jsp</value>
    </property>
</bean>

This indicates that the views should be placed in the WEB-INF/jsp folders.

The second is to check the Dispatcher Servlet configuration in the web.xml.

<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>DispatcherServlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.htm</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>DispatcherServlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.html</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

Check if the mappings are OK.

edited Apr 23, 2015 at 19:08

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answered Oct 31, 2012 at 22:57

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5 Comments

tribbloid Over a year ago

Thank you so much! These are exactly what I need. On the seccond part. My servlet-mapping pattern was set to: <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>

Usha Over a year ago

Can you please mark the answer as the correct one so that the others who face the same problem will be benefited. Thanks!

tribbloid Over a year ago

Whoops: there is still a problem, but now the error information has become: INFO: WARN : org.springframework.web.servlet.PageNotFound - No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/tribblesdashboard/WEB-INF/views/index.html] in DispatcherServlet with name 'appServlet' And as before, returns a 404 error. Seems like I missed something

tribbloid Over a year ago

Interesting, I have manually added the required mapping: @RequestMapping(value = "/tribblesdashboard/WEB-INF/views/home.html", method = RequestMethod.GET) public String ddefault(Locale locale) { return "/tribblesdashboard/WEB-INF/views/home.html"; } But still got the same result

Usha Over a year ago

If the above solution does not work then look for the location of the html is it really present in WEB-INF/jsp folder or the WEB-INF/views folder. Change the mapping of the InternalResourceViewResolver in the application context.

<bean id="viewResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">    <property name="prefix">      <value>--Change this ---/WEB-INF/jsp/</value>    </property>    <property name="suffix">      <value>.jsp</value>    </property> </bean>

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