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dhinu
dhinu

Reputation: 31

server.servletPath=/* not working in spring-boot.version 2.1.7.RELEASE

I have been using the below property in the application.properties file with spring-boot.version 1.5.6.RELEASE without any issues.

server.servletPath=/*

This was a workaround to enable a method in a library class which uses the function getPathInfo() of javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest to get a valid value instead of null.

I had to go with this workaround since there is no support of that library jar anymore.

This workaround started failing when I upgraded my application to spring-boot.version 2.1.7.RELEASE

server.servletPath is changed to spring.mvc.servletPath from Spring Boot 2 onwards.

I tried setting the below property and it did not work

spring.mvc.servletPath=/*

I also tried the below function in my configuration class and it did not work.

@Bean
    public DispatcherServletRegistrationBean dispatcherServletRegistration(
            DispatcherServlet dispatcherServlet,
            ObjectProvider<MultipartConfigElement> multipartConfig) {
        DispatcherServletRegistrationBean registration = new DispatcherServletRegistrationBean(
                dispatcherServlet, "/*");
        registration.setName("dispatcherServlet");
        registration.setLoadOnStartup(-1);
        multipartConfig.ifAvailable(registration::setMultipartConfig);
        return registration;
    }

Could you please provide a working solution for this property using spring-boot.version 2.1.7.RELEASE?

Thanks, Dhinu

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2341

Answers (2)

Michael Wyraz
Michael Wyraz

Reputation: 3818

The correct setting for newer spring versions is:

spring.mvc.servlet.path=/some/path

This changes the mapping of the DispatcherServlet, so all resources served by spring are mapped to this path.

If you set:

server.servlet.contextPath=/some/path

The whole web context is changed.

The main difference is that setting the dispatcher servlet path allows you to register additional servlets on other paths while with context path set, spring boot's tomcat can only serve content below that context path.

Upvotes: 2

Jonathan JOhx
Jonathan JOhx

Reputation: 5968

Use the following config property on latest spring boot version:

server.servlet.contextPath=/*

Upvotes: 1

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