How to access a jsp page inside a folder under WEB-INF?

Question

I'm learning about servlets and JSP and I try to make an app. The app is from this page

This is the structure of the app:

And I put all the JSP in WEB-INF:

When I try to run any jsp it's not working, I get this error: HTTP Status 404 – Not Found... Description The origin server did not find a current representation for the target resource or is not willing to disclose that one exists.

If I move the jsp in WebContent the app is working succesfully. But I want to keep the jsp in WEB-INF. What should I do? Thanks in advance!

The whole point of putting them in WEB-INF is precisely to make it impossible to execute them. Because you want the request to go through a controller first, which would then forward to a JSP. — JB Nizet, Jul 04 '18 at 13:01
did you have any index.html. Which is point out in the web.xml? — Shibina EC, Jul 04 '18 at 13:18
How is the JSP page (in the `WEB-INF`) is being accessed? What is the code? — prasad_, Jul 04 '18 at 13:59

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '18 at 18:05

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Seems i got your problem. If you have servlet class write code to forward to jsp page like this. Because you have put your jsp page inside WEB-INF/view

request.getRequestDispatcher("/WEB-INF/view/homeView.jsp").forward(request, response);

answered Jul 04 '18 at 18:05

Avijit Barua

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Thanks for reply! I resolved the problem...can I ask you something? Why did he override the isUserInRole() and getUserPrincipal() methods in UserRoleRequestWrapper class? He never used these methods... – Jul 05 '18 at 14:40
Sorry man ! I cannot describe you because now i don't have such knowledge :( – Avijit Barua Jul 05 '18 at 15:57
@gaby, If the answer help you can you mark this one as important please ? So that it will help other ! – Avijit Barua Nov 12 '18 at 06:50

How to access a jsp page inside a folder under WEB-INF?

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