Tomcat does not serve the static content when explicit servlet mapping define in Application web.xml
Issue
- We are observing HTTP 404 error while accessing the static content with servlet mapping define in Application web.xml as follows.
- The servlet mapping for static content is not working when
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet
map to/*
url-pattern as follows in application web.xml.
<servlet>
<servlet-name>mvc</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
...
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>mvc</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/css/*</url-pattern>
<url-pattern>/img/*</url-pattern>
<url-pattern>/js/*</url-pattern>
<url-pattern>/favicon.ico</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- 6.5
- Tomcat 6.0.24
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