Change Spring-boot static web resources location? - model-view-controller

Question

Base on this tutorial:
http://spring.io/guides/gs/serving-web-content/
I can use the thymeleaf to serve the view in the location
/src/main/resources/templates/
However, I have to put the static web contents (css, js) in another location:
/src/main/webapp/resources
And linking the resources in the hello.html like that:
<link href="resources/hello.css" />
<script src="resources/hello.js"></script>
The directory structure is:
└── src
└── main
└── java
└── hello.java
└──resources
└──templates
└──hello.html
└──webapp
└──resources
└──hello.js
└──hello.css
The problem is that the links of the static files are work when I run the web server. But if I open the html files in offline mode, the links are broken.
Could I move the static resource from
/src/main/webapp/resources
to:
/src/main/resources/templates/resources
The new directory structure would be like:
└── src
└── main
└── java
└── hello.java
└──resources
└──templates
└──hello.html
└──resources
└──hello.js
└──hello.css
I tried it but is doesn't work.

Answer 1

Try src/main/resources/static (or src/main/resources/public or src/main/resources/resources). All those are registered by Spring Boot autoconfig.

Answer 2

Define the mapping in your context like following -
<mvc:resources mapping="/templates/**"
location="classpath:/templates/" />
This will route everything that's hitting /template/ url to search for contents under your src/main/resources/templates/ folder.
In case you need tweaking in the url/prefix - adjust the mapping accordingly.