Spring webflow 2 - url mapping not working - spring

Question

I'm using spring mvc 3 along with webflow 2. I have been following online resources and have been trying to get an example working. I am unable to get the webflow url mappings to work. It is only the webflow that is not working, the mvc part is working fine.
The error I keep getting is:
No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/Project2Admin/pizza] in DispatcherServlet with name 'appServlet'
I have pasted my servlet-context.xml below.
Your help is much appreciated!
Odie
servlet-context.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xmlns:flow="http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow-config"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow-config http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow-config/spring-webflow-config-2.0.xsd">
<!-- DispatcherServlet Context: defines this servlet's request-processing infrastructure -->
<!-- Enables the Spring MVC #Controller programming model -->
<annotation-driven/>
<!-- Handles HTTP GET requests for /resources/** by efficiently serving up static resources in the ${webappRoot}/resources directory -->
<resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/resources/" />
<beans:bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesViewResolver"/>
<beans:bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesConfigurer">
<beans:property name="definitions">
<beans:list>
<beans:value>/WEB-INF/views/**/views.xml</beans:value>
</beans:list>
</beans:property>
</beans:bean>
<!-- Resolves views selected for rendering by #Controllers to .jsp resources in the /WEB-INF/views directory -->
<beans:bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
<beans:property name="viewClass" value="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView"/>
<beans:property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/views/"/>
<beans:property name="suffix" value=".jsp"/>
</beans:bean>
<context:component-scan base-package="com.project2.admin" />
<flow:flow-executor id="flowExecutor" flow-registry="flowRegistry"/>
<flow:flow-registry id="flowRegistry" base-path="/WEB-INF/flows">
<flow:flow-location-pattern value="*-flow.xml"/>
</flow:flow-registry>
<beans:bean class="org.springframework.webflow.mvc.servlet.FlowHandlerMapping">
<beans:property name="flowRegistry" ref="flowRegistry"/>
</beans:bean>
<beans:bean class="org.springframework.webflow.mvc.servlet.FlowHandlerAdapter">
<beans:property name="flowExecutor" ref="flowExecutor"/>
</beans:bean>
<beans:bean class="com.example.PizzaFlowActions" id="pizzaFlowActions"/>
</beans:beans>
web.xml:
<?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">
<!-- The definition of the Root Spring Container shared by all Servlets and Filters -->
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/root-context.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- Creates the Spring Container shared by all Servlets and Filters -->
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<!-- Processes application requests -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>appServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/appServlet/servlet-context.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>appServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
version of servlet_context.html with only one view resolver (jstl view reolver). Both the mvc and webflow parts did not work with this setup.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xmlns:flow="http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow-config"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow-config
http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow-config/spring-webflow-config-2.0.xsd">
<!-- DispatcherServlet Context: defines this servlet's request-processing infrastructure -->
<!-- Enables the Spring MVC #Controller programming model -->
<annotation-driven/>
<!-- Handles HTTP GET requests for /resources/** by efficiently serving up static resources in the ${webappRoot}/resources directory -->
<resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/resources/" />
<beans:bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesViewResolver">
<beans:property name="viewClass" value="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesView"/>
<beans:property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/views/"/>
<beans:property name="suffix" value=".jsp"/>
</beans:bean>
<beans:bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesConfigurer">
<beans:property name="definitions">
<beans:list>
<beans:value>/WEB-INF/views/**/views.xml</beans:value>
</beans:list>
</beans:property>
</beans:bean>
<context:component-scan base-package="com.project2.admin" />
<flow:flow-executor id="flowExecutor" flow-registry="flowRegistry"/>
<flow:flow-registry id="flowRegistry" base-path="/WEB-INF/flows">
<flow:flow-location-pattern value="*-flow.xml"/>
</flow:flow-registry>
<beans:bean class="org.springframework.webflow.mvc.servlet.FlowHandlerMapping">
<beans:property name="flowRegistry" ref="flowRegistry"/>
</beans:bean>
<beans:bean class="org.springframework.webflow.mvc.servlet.FlowHandlerAdapter">
<beans:property name="flowExecutor" ref="flowExecutor"/>
</beans:bean>
<beans:bean class="com.example.PizzaFlowActions" id="pizzaFlowActions"/>
</beans:beans>

Answer 1

Try changing your FlowHandlerMapping to
<beans:bean
class="org.springframework.webflow.mvc.servlet.FlowHandlerMapping">
<beans:property name="flowRegistry" ref="flowRegistry" />
<beans:property name="order" value="-1" />
</beans:bean>
You are using the annotation driven configuration for Spring MVC which registers a default HandlerMapping for you, and I suspect it doesn't fall through to the next HandlerMapping. This has previously been reported as an issue. You want the WebFlow FlowHandlerMapping to come first - so you set the order to -1. This is what we have in our configs.

Answer 2

I managed to solve the problem by creating a dispatcher servlet for webflows. I'm not sure this is the ideal solution, but it works. Both mvc and webflows are now working fine.
If someone knows a more graceful way to handle this.. i.e. use only one dispatcher servlet to handle mvc and webflow calls, please post an answer, your help would be much appreciated.
thanks!
web.xml
<?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">
<!-- The definition of the Root Spring Container shared by all Servlets and Filters -->
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/root-context.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- Creates the Spring Container shared by all Servlets and Filters -->
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<!-- Processes application requests -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>appServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/appServlet/servlet-context.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>flowServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/flow-context.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>appServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>flowServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/flow/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
flow-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:flow="http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow-config"
xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow-config
http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow-config/spring-webflow-config-2.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">
<context:component-scan base-package="com.example" />
<!-- Executes flows: the entry point into the Spring Web Flow system -->
<!--<start id="flow_executor"/>-->
<flow:flow-executor id="flowExecutor" flow-registry="flowRegistry" />
<!--<end id="flow_executor"/>-->
<!-- The registry of executable flow definitions -->
<!--<start id="flow_registry"/>-->
<flow:flow-registry id="flowRegistry" flow-builder-services="flowBuilderServices" base-path="/WEB-INF/flows">
<flow:flow-location-pattern value="/**/*-flow.xml" />
</flow:flow-registry>
<flow:flow-builder-services id="flowBuilderServices" view-factory-creator="mvcViewFactoryCreator"/>
<!--<end id="flow_registry"/>-->
<!--<start id="mvcFactoryCreator"/>-->
<bean id="mvcViewFactoryCreator" class="org.springframework.webflow.mvc.builder.MvcViewFactoryCreator">
<property name="defaultViewSuffix" value=".jspx" />
</bean>
<!--<end id="mvcFactoryCreator"/>-->
<!--Maps request paths to flows in the flowRegistry-->
<!--<start id="flowHandlerMapping"/>-->
<bean class="org.springframework.webflow.mvc.servlet.FlowHandlerMapping">
<property name="flowRegistry" ref="flowRegistry" />
</bean>
<!--<end id="flowHandlerMapping"/>-->
<!--
Dispatches requests mapped to flows to FlowHandler implementations
-->
<!--<start id="flowHandlerAdapter"/>-->
<bean class="org.springframework.webflow.mvc.servlet.FlowHandlerAdapter">
<property name="flowExecutor" ref="flowExecutor" />
</bean>
<!--<end id="flowHandlerAdapter"/>-->
</beans>

Answer 3

I think the problem here is with two different view resolvers in your servlet-context.xml file.
Please remove the InternalResourceViewResolver and put the viewClass, prefix and suffix properties in the TilesViewResolver bean.
According to me this should solve your problem.
Cheers.

Answer 4

everything is working fine for me with both WebFlow and Spring MVC
here is part of my my web.xml:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>web-dispatcher</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value></param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>web-dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>web-dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/public/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>web-dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/error/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
and my web-dispatcher:
<bean id="viewNameTranslator" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.DefaultRequestToViewNameTranslator" />
<bean id="basicViewResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ResourceBundleViewResolver" >
<property name="basename" value="views"/>
</bean>
<!-- Resolves logical view names returned by Controllers to Tiles; a view name to resolve is treated as the name of a tiles definition -->
<bean id="tilesViewResolver" class="org.springframework.js.ajax.AjaxUrlBasedViewResolver">
<property name="viewClass" value="org.springframework.webflow.mvc.view.FlowAjaxTilesView"/>
</bean>
<!-- Configures the Tiles layout system -->
<bean id="tilesConfigurer" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesConfigurer">
<property name="definitions">
<list>
<value>/WEB-INF/jsp/views.xml</value>
<value>/WEB-INF/jsp/fragments/views.xml</value>
<!-- Flow views -->
<value>/WEB-INF/flows/**/views.xml</value>
<!-- PUBLIC Pages -->
<value>/WEB-INF/jsp/public/views.xml</value>
</list>
</property>
</bean>
hope this helps