Spring-mvc – Link/ include css in FreeMarker using Spring 3 MVC

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I am currently trying to include a css file in my FreeMarker *.ftl. I also have configured a resource folder in my servlet config xml file.

<mvc:resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/resources/" />

But how can I access my css file from my FreeMarker template?

I simply tried the following but without success.

<link href="/resources/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet"  type="text/css" />

The resource folder lies in the root of my spring MVC 3.0 application.

/web
  /resources
    /img
    /css
  /WEB-INF
    /templates

My Servlet root is defined as:

<servlet>
    <servlet-name>springmvc</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>springmvc</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/web/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

My FreeMarker files are lying in the templates folder.

Best Answer

I have found two solutions. One with spring macros and one without in my FreeMarker file.

The simplest way is to use it without macros:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
href="/springmvc/resources/css/style.css" />

In this solution I have to define the complete path.

By using spring macros you have to lay your spring.ftl into your template directory and include it in each FreeMarker template where you like to use it.

<#import "spring.ftl" as spring />
<html>
<head>
<title>...</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
    href="<@spring.url '/resources/css/style.css'/>"/>
...

The spring macros can also be used for other things this blog gives a good overview.

Related Solutions

Java – Spring MVC – Map controller to context root (/) while using mvc:resources

@Controller("/)

and

@RequestMapping("/")

are not the same thing.

Since @RequestMapping may be placed at a class level, placing the mapping on the class will have the desired affect.

Example:

@Controller
@RequestMapping("/")
public class RootController
{

  @RequestMapping(method=RequestMethod.GET)
  public String index()
  {
    return "index";
  }

}

This will work correctly, and also works with the mvc:resources bean.

Spring MVC 3 Issue with the resources tag

One problem with your files is that you use Spring 3.0 jars but use 3.1 xml schema for mvc and context.

So:

upgrade your jars to spring 3.1, or
use the 3.0 xml schemas,

but do not try to use 3.1 xml schema with 3.0 jars, that will not work.

BTW you should decide if you refer an schema with an explicit version, like you did for mvc and contect or use the latest from the jars, like you did for beans

Example for using (explicit) 3.0 schema:

<?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:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
     xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
     xsi:schemaLocation="
      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/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.0.xsd">

Best Answer

Related Solutions

Java – Spring MVC – Map controller to context root (/) while using mvc:resources

Spring MVC 3 Issue with the resources tag

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