java - Spring Dispatcher servlet for static html files and default path - Stack Overflow

java - Spring Dispatcher servlet for static html files and default path - Stack Overflow

The servlet takes precedence above the <welcome-file-list>, so in this case the <welcome-file-list> will have no effect because the DispatcherServlet consumes all requests, I'm afraid.

The solution is simple however, just add a mapping for the default path in Spring and an controller action sending the view to index.html.

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