Question

I use tag <mvc:resources .../> to map static content. Everything works great as long as I don’t try to access file with an unknown file extension, for example some *.less file. When I try to access to a file with such an extension, I get 404 error. If I change the extension of the file to e.g. *.css, it works fine. If I don’t use <mvc:resources .../> and map the default servlet to static content, there is no problem either.

Do you know how to fix it ? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Are you using Tomcat? If so, try adding a mime-mapping element in the web.xml:

<mime-mapping>
    <extension>less</extension>
    <mime-type>text/plain</mime-type> <!-- Or whatever. -->
</mime-mapping>