PageNotFound WARN, with end-state and back button

[dpfarr]

I have an end-state with a view. Specifically a view that is an externalRedirect.

If the end-state occurs, and the externalRedirect is executed the page is show correctly. However, if the back button is then pressed there is a org.springframework.web.servlet.PageNotFound WARN thrown because the mapping cannot be found.

No mapping for [/WEB-INF/views/externalRedirect:/contactUs.action] in DispatcherServlet

Anyway of stopping this happening?

The only thing I can think of right now is creating my own view resolver to work with mappings that contain "externalRedirect" which is ugly.

[dpfarr]

This is my end state definition.

 <end-state id="signIn" view="externalRedirect:/account/app/Login" />

[michaelcourcy]

Not sure to understand between your two posts, but is it a redirect to /contactUs.action or a redirect to /account/app/Login ?

Anyway, don't you think that you can't avoid having your end state a view ?

In my point of view a end state should not be a view state.

[dpfarr]

I have serveral end states and they all do the same thing.

My flow executes an end-state with a externalRedirect and the back button is pressed. I get the following warning message.

No mapping for [/WEB-INF/views/externalRedirect:/contactUs.action]

the flow mapping is.

  <bean id="flowController" name="/contactUs.action"
    class="org.springframework.webflow.executor.mvc.FlowController">
    <property name="flowExecutor" ref="flowExecutor" />
    <property name="defaultFlowId" value="contactUsFlow" />
  </bean>

the end-state is this.

<end-state id="thankyou"
    view="externalRedirect:/contactus/thankyouContactUs.action" />

[lumpynose]

Is it any "better" if you don't use the redirect? I have a similar problem, which Keith responded to explaining the situation:

http://forum.springframework.org/showthread.php?t=53122

[dpfarr]

I found my error.

In the exception handler I was mapping to a webflow type view. That is, using the externalRedirect signal. But SimpleMappingExceptionResolver does not know what to make of externalRedirect:url and therefore could find a mapping.

Changed the mapping to redirect:/contactus.action and it worked.