Question

I have a tomcat – spring mvc – jsp application.

I have discovered that a page called page.jsp is not found (404). But if I called page2.jsp then it just works fine.

Is it a bug or is it written somewhere in the spec that you can’t call a jsp file page?

(BTW, I called it page because it is a part of the system that allows admins to administer pages. I.e. it is a name I really wanted – although I will readily switch to what works)

Answer 1

404 means 404, jsp is simply not there. This is tomcat, so go to webapps directory, and look into directory your war is unpacked into. Look for your JSPs.

Possible reasons for 404:

1. File is not there. Failed to package it
2. File is there, but called PAGE.JSP. URLs after domain name are case-sensitive.
3. Some funny filter installed in Tomcat that really prohibits page.jsp from being accessed. Unlikely.