Basic Controller is not called and getting 404 Error in spring MVC - spring

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Is there any mistake in config of spring mvc ?
Web.XML
<?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"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
id="WebApp_ID" version="3.0">
<display-name>XMLBasedMVC</display-name>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatchServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-config.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
XML based Spring Configuration
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?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"
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">
<context:component-scan base-package="bridge"/>
<mvc:annotation-driven/>
<bean class = "org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
<property name = "prefix" value = "webapp/jsp/" />
<property name = "suffix" value = ".jsp" />
</bean>
</beans>
Bridge.java
package bridge;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
impor[![enter image description here][1]][1]t org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
#Controller
public class Bridge{
#RequestMapping("/")
public String getWelcomePage() {
System.out.println("Called to controller");
return "Welcome";
}
}
The folder structure
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/sQy1m.png
The URL formed is
http://localhost:8080/XMLBasedMVC/
and the controller is not called and the "Called to controller" is printed in console
I am using maven for the spring jars, hence following the webapp>WEB-INF> folder structure
pom.xml
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>XMLBasedMVC</groupId>
<artifactId>XMLBasedMVC</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<build>
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<configuration>
<release>14</release>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.3</version>
<configuration>
<warSourceDirectory>WebContent</warSourceDirectory>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>4.3.12.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
<version>4.3.12.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>4.3.12.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
<version>4.3.12.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>5.2.12.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>

Answer 1

Make sure that your jsp folder with files is located INSIDE WEB-INF not outside, and after that change your InternalViewResolver bean to something like
<bean class = "org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
<property name = "prefix" value = "/WEB-INF/jsp/"/>
<property name = "suffix" value = ".jsp"/>
</bean>
Also I think that your web.xml should be just not have webapp there but just
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/spring-config.xml</param-value>