I need some help with handling static content in my SpringMVC app. Currently, I am using the following configuration:
<mvc:resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/resources/" />
This setup works well for uploading and retrieving images within the application using the "/resources" URL. However, when I tried to add a JPEG image as a background image in a JSP file, I couldn't find the resources folder in my workspace directory. Where exactly is Spring storing these images? How can I access this folder to add my background image?
Below is the web.xml file that shows how everything is set up:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web- app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5">
<display-name>SpringMVCTest</display-name>
<!-- Servlet Configuration -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>springMVCTest</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>springMVCTest</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
And here is the servlet.xml file where everything is properly configured:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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"
xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.1.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.1.xsd">
<!-- Configuration for saving images -->
<tx:annotation-driven />
<mvc:annotation-driven />
<mvc:resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/resources/" />
<context:component-scan base-package="/"></context:component-scan>
// Other bean configurations...
Lastly, here's the call to the save image method in your code:
saveImage(context.getRealPath("/resources/" + person.getId() + ".jpg"), image);