Java Spring-MVC application doesn't send CSS and JS files. Error 404

Question

Problem is common, I've tried a lot of solutions but nothing works for me. I am quite new in Spring so I may not understand some things.

I've got next files structure:

My link inside page is templated by Thymeleaf like this:

<link rel="stylesheet" th:href="@{css/bootstrap.css}" type="text/css"/>

Also, there is attribute in head of html.

Ok, and my spring-context.xml is:

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
       xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc.xsd">
    <!--to pick up all annotation in the package-->
    <context:component-scan base-package="langquiz"/>

    <mvc:annotation-driven />
    <mvc:resources mapping="/css/**" location="/css/"/>
</beans>

I've tried some manipulations with mapping (like writing location="/templates/css/" or location="css/"), also tried resource handler in configuration class. But nothing helps.

Thank you!

UPD: Changed

<mvc:resources mapping="/css/**" location="/css/"/>

to

<mvc:resources mapping="/css/**" location="/templates/"/>

and also tried

<mvc:resources mapping="/css/**" location="/"/>

but still have no result.

So you're not using Spring Boot?

chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic-
– chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic-

2017-03-26 21:27:40 +00:00
Commented Mar 26, 2017 at 21:27 — chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic-
– chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic-, Commented Mar 26, 2017 at 21:27
@chrylis yes, it's Spring-MVC + ThymeLeaf

utkillr
– utkillr

2017-03-26 21:59:53 +00:00
Commented Mar 26, 2017 at 21:59 — utkillr
– utkillr, Commented Mar 26, 2017 at 21:59

SAP · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-26 23:10:04Z

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Use

<mvc:resources mapping="/css/**" location="/templates/css/"/>

Or adding a resource handler,

@Configuration
public class WebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {

@Override
public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {
    registry.addResourceHandler("/css/**").addResourceLocations("/templates/css/");
}

}

answered Mar 26, 2017 at 23:10

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Vasu · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-27 11:33:52Z

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Your mapping is incorrect in which location should include your templates directory as well as shown below:

<mvc:resources mapping="/css/**" location="/templates/css/"/>

You can refer here from the spring doc on this:

For example, to serve resource requests with a URL pattern of /resources/ from a public-resources directory within the web application root you would use:

<mvc:resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/public-resources/"/>

edited Mar 27, 2017 at 11:33

answered Mar 26, 2017 at 21:32

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utkillr Over a year ago

what else can I be missing?

utkillr Over a year ago

Is there ability to check where resources are tried to e taken?

utkillr · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-26 23:11:29Z

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Changed to to make it work.

Still wondering if there is a way to see web site not on http://localhost:8080/project-name-snapshot but on http://localhost:8080

answered Mar 26, 2017 at 23:11

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SAP Over a year ago

Deploy your project as ROOT, that is the easiest

utkillr Over a year ago

@SAP is there a way to do it with GlassFish?

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