In a Spring 'Maven' project, where to place web.xml file?
I am creating a spring mvc project and not sure about where to put web.xml in the project.
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2The location of `web.xml` is `WEB-INF`, and this doesn't change because you are using Spring. – Tim Biegeleisen Jul 31 '18 at 06:48
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Thanks @TimBiegeleisen, but I don't have WEB-INF directory in Spring Tool Suite solution – Catalyst Jul 31 '18 at 06:50
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If you don't even know where your `web.xml` file is, then maybe the framework is taking care of it for you. – Tim Biegeleisen Jul 31 '18 at 06:51
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Possible duplicate: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19786142/what-is-web-inf-used-for-in-a-java-ee-web-application – Tim Biegeleisen Jul 31 '18 at 06:53
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This is an example of a structure of Spring project with maven
├── src
│ └── main
│ ├── java
│ │ └── com
│ │ └── hellokoding
│ │ └── hello
│ │ └── web
│ │ └── YourClass.java
│ ├── resources
│ │ ├── application.properties
│ │ └── logback.xml
│ └── webapp
│ ├── resources
│ │ ├── css
│ │ │ └── bootstrap.min.css
│ │ ├── images
│ │ └── js
│ │ └── bootstrap.min.js
│ └── WEB-INF
│ ├── views
│ │ └── hello.jsp
| ├── appconfig-mvc.xml
│ ├── appconfig-root.xml
│ └── web.xml
└── pom.xml
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Unless you really typed this out yourself, you should definitely add a source for this information. – Tim Biegeleisen Jul 31 '18 at 06:48
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it's WEB-INF/web.xml Check out the below link ref: https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/5/tutorial/doc/bnadx.html No matter how your archetype structures the project, the final build always follow the specifications. I know the frameworks like spring hides all the specification details and nowadays newbies don't pay attention to all such details. Well knowing specifications and how the frameworks are constructed over these specifications adds value to your software development skills.
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web.xml file is always inside WEB-INF folder, by default Maven is expecting it in there and its the first location that is being searched for a web.xml file.
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