The requested resource is not available error in spring mvc project - spring

Question

I got an error as follows :
Status report
message: /SBC/loginform.html
description :The requested resource is not available.
dispatcher-servlet.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"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
<bean id="viewResolver"
class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver" >
<property name="prefix">
<value>/WEB-INF/Views/</value>
</property>
<property name="suffix">
<value>.jsp</value>
</property>
</bean>
</beans>
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>OpticareVisionHouse</display-name>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/forms/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>WEB-INF/resources/applicationContext.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
</listener-class>
</listener>
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/dispatcher-servlet.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
</web-app>
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LoginController.java
#Controller
#RequestMapping("loginform.html")
public class LoginController {
#Autowired
public LoginService loginService;
#RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String showForm(Map model) {
LoginForm loginForm = new LoginForm();
model.put("loginForm", loginForm);
System.out.print("controller calls1");
return "loginform";
}
#RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST)
public String processForm(#Valid LoginForm loginForm, BindingResult result,
Map model) {
System.out.print("controller calls2");
if (result.hasErrors()) {
return "loginform";
}
/*
String userName = "UserName";
String password = "password";
loginForm = (LoginForm) model.get("loginForm");
if (!loginForm.getUserName().equals(userName)
|| !loginForm.getPassword().equals(password)) {
return "loginform";
}
*/
boolean userExists = loginService.checkLogin(loginForm.getUserName(),
loginForm.getPassword());
if(userExists){
model.put("loginForm", loginForm);
return "loginsuccess";
}else{
result.rejectValue("userName","invaliduser");
return "loginform";
}
}
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index.jsp
<% response.sendRedirect("loginform.html"); %>
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index.jsp is there at webContent.
loginform.jsp is at webContent->web-Inf ->Views

Answer 1

Your dispatcherServlet is mapping urls like: /forms/* to the spring servlet.
You are requesting a url like: /SBC/loginform.html
This request will never go to the spring servlet. You have to access: /{your app context}/forms/loginform.html in order to go to the spring url mapped. Your app context seems to be "SBC", so it will be something like: /SBC/forms/loginform.html
Another way is change the Servlet mapping to:
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
This way, every request on your app context /SBC/* will be routed to the spring servlet.
With this configuration, you should be able to access your controller with: /SBC/loginform.html