j-spring-security The requested resource is not available - spring

Question

i had created login authentication using the spring security framework..
when i include the <!-- Spring Security --> below entries in the web.xml the index page is not shown, also if i don't include the tag (<!-- Spring Security -->), the index page is shown, when i enter the userid/password and click on the submit button, i get the error
error without adding <!-- spring security --> tag
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http://sgv09946224.gbl.ad.hedani.net:8080/SpringMVCExample/j_spring_security_check
HTTP Status 404 - The requested resource is not available.
error while adding <!-- spring security --> tag
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http://sgv09946224.gbl.ad.hedani.net:8080/SpringMVCExample/
HTTP Status 404 - /SpringMVCExample/
type Status report
message /SpringMVCExample/
description The requested resource is not available.
web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<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_2_5.xsd"
id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5">
<display-name>SpringMVCExample</display-name>
<!--
- Location of the XML file that defines the root application context.
- Applied by ContextLoaderListener.
-->
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>
classpath:spring/application-config.xml
</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<!--
- Servlet that dispatches request to registered handlers (Controller implementations).
-->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>dispatcherServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/mvc-config.xml /WEB-INF/mvc-security.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>dispatcherServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<!-- Spring Security -->
<!--
<filter>
<filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
<filter-class>
org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class>
</filter>
-->
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
</web-app>
mvc-config.xml
<?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:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc.xsd
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">
<!-- Uncomment and your base-package here:
<context:component-scan
base-package="org.springframework.samples.web"/> -->
<mvc:resources mapping="/SpringMVCExample/resources/**" location="SpringMVCExample/resources/" />
<mvc:resources mapping="/images/**" location="/WEB-INF/images/" />
<mvc:annotation-driven />
<context:component-scan base-package="com.controller" />
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
<!-- Example: a logical view name of 'showMessage' is mapped to '/WEB-INF/jsp/showMessage.jsp' -->
<property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/view/"/>
<property name="suffix" value=".jsp"/>
</bean>
</beans>
mvc-security.xml
<?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:security="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/security
http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.1.xsd">
<security:http auto-config="true">
<security:intercept-url pattern="/index*" access="ROLE_USER" />
<security:form-login login-page="/index" default-target-url="/showMessage"
authentication-failure-url="/fail2login" />
<security:logout logout-success-url="/logout" />
</security:http>
<security:authentication-manager>
<security:authentication-provider>
<security:user-service>
<security:user name="l1" password="l1" authorities="ROLE_USER" />
</security:user-service>
</security:authentication-provider>
</security:authentication-manager>
</beans>
index.jsp
<!DOCTYPE html>
<%# page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<%# taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%# taglib prefix="spring" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags"%>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Welcome</title>
</head>
<body>
<img src="/SpringMVCExample/images/SupportDashboard.jpg"/>
<c:if test="${not empty error}">
Your login attempt was not successful, try again
</c:if>
<form name='f' action="<c:url value='j_spring_security_check' />" method='POST'>
<table>
<tr>
<td>User:</td>
<td><input type='text' name='j_username' value=''>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Password:</td>
<td><input type='password' name='j_password' />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='2'><input name="submit" type="submit"
value="submit" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='2'><input name="reset" type="reset" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<c:url value="/showMessage.html" var="messageUrl" />
Click to enter
</body>
</html>
showmessage.jsp
<!DOCTYPE html>
<%# page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Welcome</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>${message}</h2>
</body>
</html>
spring/application-context.xml
<?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"
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">
<!-- Uncomment and add your base-package here:
<context:component-scan
base-package="org.springframework.samples.service"/> -->
<!-- hibernate configuration and mappings
<import resource="mvc-security.xml"/> -->
</beans>
maincontroller.java
package com.controller;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
import org.springframework.validation.*;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
/*
* author: Crunchify.com
*
*/
#Controller
public class MainController {
#RequestMapping("/showMessage")
public ModelAndView helloWorld() {
System.out.println("inisde showmessage method");
String message = "<br><div style='text-align:center;'>" +
"<h3>********** Welcome to LDO Support Landing page **********<h3> </div><br><br>";
return new ModelAndView("showMessage", "message", message);
}
#RequestMapping("/index")
public ModelAndView index() {
System.out.println("inisde index method");
String message = "<br><div style='text-align:center;'>" +
"<h3>********** Welcome to LDO Support Landing page **********<h3> </div><br><br>";
return new ModelAndView("showMessage", "message", message);
}
#RequestMapping(value="/fail2login", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String loginerror(ModelMap model) {
System.out.println("inisde fail2login method");
model.addAttribute("error", "true");
return "login";
}
#RequestMapping(value="/logout", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String logout(ModelMap model) {
System.out.println("inisde logout method");
return "login";
}
}
modified web.xml which worked for me
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
<servlet>
<servlet-name>dispatcherServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/mvc-config.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>dispatcherServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<listener>
<listener-class>
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
</listener-class>
</listener>
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>
/WEB-INF/mvc-*.xml,
</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- Spring Security -->
<filter>
<filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
<filter-class>
org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy
</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
</web-app>