how to override default thymeleaf resolver in spring boot - spring-boot

Question

Hi I want to override the default thymeleaf configuration to custom folder of the web app. Thymeleaf dependencies are added to the pom.xml file.
I want to map to WEB-INF/views/ folder.
my current configuration
#Bean
public ThymeleafViewResolver thymeleafViewResolver() {
ThymeleafViewResolver thymeleafViewResolver = new ThymeleafViewResolver();
thymeleafViewResolver.setTemplateEngine(templateEngine());
thymeleafViewResolver.setOrder(1);
return thymeleafViewResolver;
}
#Bean
public SpringTemplateEngine templateEngine() {
SpringTemplateEngine templateEngine = new SpringTemplateEngine();
templateEngine.setTemplateResolver(templateResolver());
templateEngine.addDialect(new LayoutDialect());
return templateEngine;
}
#Bean
public ServletContextTemplateResolver templateResolver() {
ServletContextTemplateResolver templateResolver = new ServletContextTemplateResolver();
templateResolver.setPrefix("/WEB-INF/views/");
templateResolver.setSuffix(".html");
templateResolver.setTemplateMode("HTML5");
templateResolver.setOrder(1);
templateResolver.setCacheable(false);
return templateResolver;
}
When I run the app, it is showing below exceptions.
Exception in thread "main" org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.thymeleaf.ThymeleafAutoConfiguration$DefaultTemplateResolverConfiguration': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot find template location: classpath:/templates/ (please add some templates or check your Thymeleaf configuration)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessBeforeInitialization(InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:136)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyBeanPostProcessorsBeforeInitialization(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:408)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1558)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:539)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:476)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:303)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:299)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:194)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:762)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:757)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:480)
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:118)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:691)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:321)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:961)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:950)
at com.jo.dsdemo.app.MainApp.main(MainApp.java:17)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot find template location: classpath:/templates/ (please add some templates or check your Thymeleaf configuration)
at org.springframework.util.Assert.state(Assert.java:385)
at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.thymeleaf.ThymeleafAutoConfiguration$DefaultTemplateResolverConfiguration.checkTemplateLocationExists(ThymeleafAutoConfiguration.java:82)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$LifecycleElement.invoke(InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:349)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$LifecycleMetadata.invokeInitMethods(InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:300)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessBeforeInitialization(InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:133)
... 17 more

Answer 1

I think the simplest way should be to define spring.thymeleaf.prefix to "/WEB-INF/templates/". Otherwise you make sure that your Bean has the name defaultTemplateResolver.
Untested - but hopefully helpful. Please give feedback, so further readers know if it's useful or not.

Answer 2

This is most likely to the way you setup your project configuration within your IDE.
Check your project settings within the IDE to ensure they are pointing to the right locations and no identified problems are unresolved.