Java, Spring, Apache Tiles error : Could not resolve view with name 'index' in servlet with name 'dispatcher'

Question

I'm new to Tiles and Spring MVC (I looked through several similar issues but found no solution for 'my problem')

controller:

@Controller
public class IndexController {

    @RequestMapping("/index")
    public String index(){
        return "index";
    }
}

My 'general.xml' containing the Tiles definitions:

<tiles-definitions>
<definition name="common" template="/WEB-INF/layout/classic.jsp">
    <put-attribute name="footer" value="/WEB-INF/layout/footer.jsp" />
</definition>

<definition name="index" extends="common">
    <put-attribute name="title" value="My First Application" />
    <put-attribute name="body" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/index.jsp" />
</definition>

exception:

javax.servlet.ServletException: Could not resolve view with name 'index' in servlet with name 'dispatcher'
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1208)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:1012)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:959)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:876)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:961)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:852)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:687)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:837)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:738)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:551)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:143)
at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:586)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:221)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1111)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:478)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:183)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1045)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:141)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Dispatcher.forward(Dispatcher.java:261)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Dispatcher.forward(Dispatcher.java:101)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.DefaultServlet.doGet(DefaultServlet.java:552)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:687)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:738)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:551)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:143)
at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:568)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:221)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1111)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:478)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:183)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1045)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:141)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:199)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:109)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:97)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:462)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:279)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:232)
at org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$2.run(AbstractConnection.java:534)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:607)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$3.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:536)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)

dispatcher-servlet.xml:

<bean id="tilesConfigurer" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles3.TilesConfigurer">
    <property name="definitions">
        <list>
            <value>/WEB-INF/defs/general.xml</value>
        </list>
    </property>
</bean>

<bean id="viewResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.UrlBasedViewResolver">
    <property name="viewClass" value="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles3.TilesView"/>  
</bean>

web.xml

  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.html</url-pattern>
    <url-pattern>*.htm</url-pattern>
    <url-pattern>*.json</url-pattern>
    <url-pattern>*.xml</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

Answer 1

The problem lies in the project location.

A combination of jetty, apache tiles and spring's view resolver does not work when there is a space in the location.

For ex : a project location - D:\folder whitespace\your_project will throw the above error -Could not resolve view with name 'index' in servlet with name 'dispatcher'

Solution - Please change your project location to a path with no space in it.

Answer 2

The problem is extremely simple. Replace your web.xml with

<?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" version="3.0">
  <display-name>my-first-app</display-name>


  <servlet>
        <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>

        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>

    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

I also added a jstl dependency to the pom

<dependency>
    <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
    <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
    <version>1.2</version>
</dependency>

After these changes, a request to localhost:8080/index correctly renders the appropriate response

Answer 3

I've had the same issue today. I am also new at Spring so I didn't know where to start. After a long day I managed to find the answer:

My default.xml file was wrong. I had done some manual refactoring and that caused all the trouble. This is an example of what was wrong:

<definition name="tos.base" template="/WEB-INF/templates/default.jsp">
<put-attribute name="includes" value="" ></put-attribute>
<put-attribute name="title" value="Title" ></put-attribute>
<put-attribute name="header" value="/WEB-INF/tiles/header.jsp"></put-attribute>
<put-attribute name="content" value="/WEB-INF/tiles/content.jsp"></put-attribute>
<put-attribute name="footer" value="/WEB-INF/tiles/footer.jsp"></put-attribute>
</definition>

<definition name="home" extends="tos.base">
<put-attribute name="title" value="Homepage" ></put-attribute>
<put-attribute name="content" value="/WEB-INF/tiles/home.jsp"></put-attribute>
</definition>

<definition name="current" extends="to.base">
<put-attribute name="title" value="Current" ></put-attribute>
<put-attribute name="content" value="/WEB-INF/tiles/current.jsp"></put-attribute>
</definition>

As you can see I had the wrong value in the last definition "extends" value. I discovered this downgrading from tiles3.TilesViewResolver to tiles2.TilesViewResolver and that provided a more helpful error message.

Answer 4

Try to change the return value of IndexController.index() from "/WEB-INF/jsp/index.jsp" to "index". This works for me:

@RequestMapping("/index")
public String index() {
    return "index";
}