How to browse htm file in Spring MVC

Question

I am using default configuration of Spring MVC 2. So, my dispatcher will look like,

 <prop key="index.htm">indexController</prop>

I have a simple htm file on root. When I browse this file I get 404:Not Found Error. How to browse (which exist physically on disk) htm file in Spring MVC.

This question has already been answered in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2129876/using-spring-mapping-to-root-in-web-xml-static-resources-arent-found — Liam, Jan 16 '12 at 22:04
See my answer below, also if possible provide the entry in your web.xml for dispatcher servlet. Thanks — Liam, Jan 17 '12 at 07:29

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 17 '12 at 00:16

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In annotation based Spring 3.x, you can just write it in your controller as,

@RequestMaping(value="/index.htm")
public void doSomeJob(){
    //some code here
}

and if you make a request as "/pathToIt/index.htm", then it will be caught by doSomeJob() method..

P.S No need for request mappings in configuration files in Spring MVC 3.x

Note: And also 404 can be caused if spring can't find your physical file..

answered Jan 17 '12 at 00:16

Zaur Guliyev

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Thanks but I am using MVC 2 and the problem is that I have a physical *.htm file but Spring is claiming 404 Not Found. – Imran Qadir Baksh - Baloch Jan 17 '12 at 03:13
Can you post your project directories & files..and also servlet configuration contents (where you defined your viewResolvers etc. if you have any) and controller part that receives your index.htm request.. – Zaur Guliyev Jan 17 '12 at 10:58
See and download the project, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8861401/404-error-when-i-click-insert-image-link-in-tinymce-editor – Imran Qadir Baksh - Baloch Jan 17 '12 at 11:29

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 14 '12 at 18:46

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Try and add a bean id in your springmvc-servlet.xml file :

<bean id="indexController" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.UrlFilenameViewController"/>

then :

   <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping">
       <property name="mappings">
        <props>
               ...
           <prop key="/index.htm">indexController</prop>
         </props>
       </property>
    </bean>

answered Jan 14 '12 at 18:46

Zakaria

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Thanks, but does not solve my problem. When I remove web.xml setting(servlet-mapping) then it works. – Imran Qadir Baksh - Baloch Jan 15 '12 at 12:15

Muhammad Imran Tariq · Answer 3 · 2012-01-17T09:19:13.107

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You need to map URL index.htm with your controller. You cannot view your page until it will have correct spring mvc configuration.

<bean name="/index.htm" class="com.indexController">
 ....
</bean>

In controller you will pass your jsp page name as view in modelAndView.

Check your view resolver has correct setting like this

<!-- View Resolver -->
<bean id="viewResolver"
    class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.UrlBasedViewResolver">
    <property name="viewClass"
        value="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView" />
    <property name="prefix">
        <value>/WEB-INF/</value>
    </property>
    <property name="suffix">
        <value>.jsp</value>
    </property>
</bean>

edited Jan 17 '12 at 09:19

answered Jan 17 '12 at 05:05

Muhammad Imran Tariq

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yes. change .jsp to .htm or add another value. – Muhammad Imran Tariq Jan 17 '12 at 09:17
I am well aware about routing rules, both in Spring MVC and ASP.NET MVC. This is not a routing issue. The problem is that Dispathcher Serve catching all requests which are ends with .htm. I am looking some thing like, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.routing.routecollection.routeexistingfiles.aspx – Imran Qadir Baksh - Baloch Jan 17 '12 at 09:29
add more url pattern in web.xml *.htm *.do – Muhammad Imran Tariq Jan 17 '12 at 09:41

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 17 '12 at 07:28

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Ok this sounds familiar , if you are using MVC 2 then the best way to achieve this is to give a specific mapping for dispatcher servlet instead of /

    <servlet>
      <servlet-name>myDispatcherServlet</servlet-name>
      <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
  </servlet>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>myDispatcherServlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>

This will make sure the only requests to *.jsp will go dispatcher servet and rest will be handled by the container itself.

answered Jan 17 '12 at 07:28

Liam

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Unfortunately, all my controller are already mapped to *.htm. I cannot change this mapping. – Imran Qadir Baksh - Baloch Jan 17 '12 at 08:41
This cannot be done. Either you have to change the file extension from htm to html or rename the simple htm to html file :( – Liam Jan 17 '12 at 09:34

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