Maven Module with Spring Boot - spring

Question

I am trying to configure Maven to use Spring Boot with multi modules, this is my structure:
- Parent
------ WebClient
------------ scr/main/java/config ---> Config Files
------------ scr/main/java/resources/WEB-INF ---> Template Files
------ Core
------ Services
------ Server
I have a config file where I put my ViewResolver:
#Configuration
#EnableWebMvc
public class MvcConfiguration extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
#Bean
public ViewResolver setupViewResolver() {
// View Resolver
UrlBasedViewResolver viewResolver = new UrlBasedViewResolver();
viewResolver.setPrefix("/WEB-INF/");
viewResolver.setSuffix(".jsp");
viewResolver.setViewClass(JstlView.class);
return viewResolver;
}
Here is my parent pom.xml modules and dependencies:
<modules>
<module>core</module>
<module>services</module>
<module>server</module>
<module>webclient</module>
</modules>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<!-- =========================== Spring ======================= -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
<version>1.3.3.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.ws</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-ws-core</artifactId>
<version>2.2.4.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.session</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-session</artifactId>
<version>1.1.0.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Spring Security and MVC dependences -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
<version>4.1.0.RC1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
<version>4.1.0.RC1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet.jsp-api</artifactId>
<version>2.3.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
<version>8.5.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
At my Server's POM file I have this dependencies:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>mygroup</groupId>
<artifactId>core</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mygroup</groupId>
<artifactId>services</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mygroup</groupId>
<artifactId>webclient</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.session</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-session</artifactId>
</dependency>
My SpringBootApplication looks like this:
#SpringBootApplication
#ComponentScan({"config"})
public class ServerRunner {
public static void main(String [] args) {
SpringApplication.run(ServerRunner.class, args);
}
}
When I start my application, I see my mapping working and it seems that everything works well but the problem is that Spring does not find my templates:
Whitelabel Error Page
This application has no explicit mapping for /error, so you are seeing this as a fallback.
There was an unexpected error (type=Not Found, status=404).
/WEB-INF/index.jsp
What is wrong with my config? Where should I put my template files?
Thanks for your help!
EDITED:
If I put my template files at Server Project (server\src\main\webapp) it works! So... How do I make the server to read webclient project templates? I need the templates in that submodule.
EDITED 2:
Solved avoid "jsp" files, see answer and comments

Answer 1

I think this is related to JSP limitations described in Boot reference documentation - you can't just read JSPs from anywhere in the classpath (whereas this works with other templating engines).