How to access static resources when mapping a global front controller servlet on /*

Question

I\'ve mapped the Spring MVC dispatcher as a global front controller servlet on /*.

Answer 1

I found a simpler solution with a dummy index file.

Create a Servlet (or use the one you wanted to respond to "/") which maps to "/index.html" (Solutions mentioned here use the mapping via XML, I used the 3.0 version with annotation @WebServlet) Then create a static (empty) file at the root of the static content named "index.html"

I was using Jetty, and what happened was that the server recognized the file instead of listing the directory but when asked for the resource, my Servlet took control instead. All other static content remained unaffected.