How to server static files with UrlFilenameViewController?

[skyflyer]

I'm using annotation-driven configuration and I've added the following to my servlet-context.xml:

<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping">
  <property name="defaultHandler">
  <!-- If no @Controller match, map path to a view to render; e.g. the "/index" path would map to the view named "index". -->  
  <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.UrlFilenameViewController" />
  </property>
</bean>

The file (style.css) resides in WebContent folder, but it is not served. I get this message in the log file:

noHandlerFound No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/sso-web/style.css] in DispatcherServlet

Generally, I would rather serve static files as just files with web server, but I don't want an extra path in the url so that I can change servlet mapping from / to say 'app', just to be able to access static files.

Thanks,
Miha.

[Marten Deinum]

I suggest a read of the reference guide, serving static resources is explained in there...

[skyflyer]

Marten, works like a charm, thank you.

Regards.

[skyflyer]

One more thing: is there a preferred way to 'know' what is the "context-path" in the view?

For instance, if I create links as /media/style.css in a view template, and application is deployed as /my-app/ within servlet container, then obviously, /media does not point to the right place.

I guess that setting up a global variable which is available to the view engine is the way to go?