Not Showing Welcome Page JSP

Question

I have created dynamic web project in eclipse and added index.jsp file, obviously thats my welcome page.I have added it in web.xml,I am using angular js for front-end interface management.

here is my web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" metadata-complete="false" version="3.0">
<welcome-file-list>

    <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
    <servlet>
    <description></description>
    <display-name>ValidateLogin</display-name>
    <servlet-name>ValidateLogin</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>ValidateLogin</servlet-class>
  </servlet>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>ValidateLogin</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/ValidateLogin</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>

</web-app>

now what my issue is When I run the project it is showing loading and not opening any content. but if I added the project url+index.jsp in browser address bar then the page loads successfully. I am using route provider in angular js script and that is as follows

app.js

var myApp = angular.module('myApp', [
    'ngRoute',
    'appController'
    ]);

myApp.config(['$routeProvider',function ($routeProvider) {

    $routeProvider.
    when('/home', {
        templateUrl: 'views/login.jsp',
        controller: 'LoginController'
    }).
    when('/main', {
        templateUrl: 'views/Home.jsp',
        controller: 'MainController'
    }).
    otherwise({ redirectTo: '/home' });

}]);

here is my dir structure

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what is the issue ? can anyone answer ?

Is that file name correct? Notice you didn't give `.jsp` extension in your web.xml, it should be `index.jsp` — Sridhar, Apr 30 '15 at 10:44
"but if I added the project url+index.jsp then the page loads successfully" where do u add it, plz elaborate — underdog, Apr 30 '15 at 10:47
Where the `index.jsp` file exists, can you post the folder structure? — Sridhar, Apr 30 '15 at 10:47
@ShajeerAhmd in your code above you put index you need to add file extension .jsp — maiklahoz, Apr 30 '15 at 10:52

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 30 '15 at 10:51

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<welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>

Add.jsp extension in index

Make sure your index.jsp is outside WEB-INF folder

For accessing the jsp the correct url will

http://localhost:8080/ProjectName/index.jsp

Change the port no as per your server. You need to provide the project url for accessing the jsp. Say you have 4 projects deployed on your server each having index.jsp. How will the container figure out which index.jsp to run if you don't provide the project url.

answered Apr 30 '15 at 10:51

underdog

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you wrote in the question when you add the project url jsp loads fine. – underdog Apr 30 '15 at 11:13
Yes it is.. I have edited the web.xml as you mentioned.but its not loads the welcome page.. – droidev Apr 30 '15 at 11:28
Re-read your question, what do you mean by jsp loads fine. And now you say does not load the welcome page – underdog Apr 30 '15 at 11:48
I can open the welcome page if i typed its absolute path like http://localhost:8080/Application/index.jsp .. But its not loading when i run the project or typed as localhost:8080/application/ – droidev Apr 30 '15 at 11:50
This issue has happened with me; some solutions; clear server cache restart your server; delete web.xml put another one; create a new app & copy the code – underdog Apr 30 '15 at 11:53
Let me check that.. The server takes lot of times to reload the changes – droidev Apr 30 '15 at 11:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 30 '15 at 10:52

You have mentioned welcome file without any file extension

     <welcome-file>index</welcome-file>

just add valid welcome page with file extension, if may be your file is index.jsp

   <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>

and your $routeProvider configuration doesn't affect your welcome page loading you mentioned in the web.xml. route provider only affect after your angular js loaded...

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 30 '15 at 11:01

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Make sure the welcome-file property is mentioned like this: index.jsp
Make sure the index.jsp is present parallel to WEB-INF.

Hope this works.

answered Apr 30 '15 at 11:01

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