spring-boot-fat-jar-jsp-sample

  • spring boot(1.5.6.RELEASE) not support META-INF/resources in fat jar/exploded directory.
  • spring-boot-sample-web-jsp only support war packaging.

This jsp sample support fat jar and META-INF/resources in fat jar/exploded directory.

How

  1. Add jsp/jstl dependencies:

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
            <artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
            <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
        </dependency>
  2. In servlet 3.0 specification, the app can put static resources in META-INF/resources

  3. StaticResourceConfigurer to add fat jar into tomcat ResourceSet.

Run

  • Run as fat jar:

     mvn clean package -DskipTests
     java -jar jsp-start/target/jsp-start-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

    open http://localhost:8080/

  • Run in exploded directory

     mvn clean package -DskipTests
     cd jsp-start/target/
     unzip -d start jsp-start-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
     cd start/
     java org.springframework.boot.loader.PropertiesLauncher

    open http://localhost:8080/