JavaScript will only load if located in /static

[Ale]

Hi,

I'm coming across a problem when using Spring Security with JavaScript or CSS files.

I have a project I am building with Maven and have the following structure:

/static
/jsapp
/login.jsp
/index.jsp

I use the standard login from spring security and that works fine. The problem occurs when index.jsp loads and pulls in a JS file from the /jsapp folder. The file appears to have the content of the index.jsp instead of it's actual content.

Now, if I move the /jsapp to sit under /static, it works perfectly!

Is there a requirement for all JS files (and similar) to sit under the /static folder? If so, is there a way around this? Can I store JS files in a folder which is not the /static one?

Thanks,
Ale

[rohan123]

you can place js/css to any folder, just make sure that its filter="none" is there.

[Ale]

Hi Rohan, thanks for the response. Setting filters to none is essentially the same as setting security to none in the <http> tag.

I'd like to maintain the files in jsapp with security.

To maintain security, the folder needs to be under static or it won't server the JS correctly.

On a side note, filters is deprecated with version 3.1

[Ale]

Found out how to fix this issue. I added the following to the web.xml:

	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/static/*</url-pattern>
		<url-pattern>/myfolder/*</url-pattern>
		<url-pattern>/myotherfolder/*</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>