spring mvc javascript / css locations

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I need to access static resources with Spring MVC like images, JavaScript and CSS. After some research I found that I can access those by putting following entries in web.xml:

<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.css</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.js</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.gif</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.jpg</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.png</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

But by this I am not able to access resources under WEB-INF/ folder. I want all my resources to be under WEB-INF/ folder only to control access. How can I do this?

Tabitha Larkin · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-27 19:14:48Z

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You can put this in application-servlet.xml:

     <!-- static resource mapping for style sheets, etc. -->
    <mvc:resources mapping="/styles/**"  location="/WEB-INF/skins/" />
    <mvc:resources mapping="/scripts/**" location="/WEB-INF/scripts/" />

And on the page you could have:

 <script type="text/javascript" src="${context}/scripts/jquery-1.7.js"></script>
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="${context}/styles/css/superfish.css">

edited Oct 27, 2014 at 19:14

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:49:07Z

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You need to tell spring where the static resources are

<mvc:resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/, classpath:/META-INF/web-resources/" />

This would make all files that are under WEB-INF/ and all files that are in jars in the META-INF/web-resources accessible at

http://example.org/app/resources/

See also Spring: DispatcherServlet and static content

http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/spring-framework-reference/html/mvc.html#mvc-static-resources

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:49

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