WEB-INF folder is not creating in Spring Boot application?

Question

I am creating a Spring Boot application, using Spring Initializr, But the folder structure is bit different, there is no WEB-INF folder, so where I will put the JSP files, shall I create the WEB-INF folder manually?

Answer 1

We need to crate WEB-INF folder manually in spring boot application. Follow below steps to create WEB-INF folder

1. Select main folder as highlighted below.

   

2. Right click and create a folder with name webapp.
3. Now right click on webapp folder and create WEB-INF folder.
4. Now similarly create a view folder (or any other name you like) inside WEB-INF folder to keep all the JSPs.

5. Below should be the folder structure after doing above steps.

   

Answer 2

Usually the web files will go into the resources folder with spring boot. https://spring.io/guides/gs/serving-web-content/

Answer 3

Dumping the jsp files in src/main/webapp folder worked for me, both with or without WEB-INF. I followed the exact project structure mentioned in

1. mkyong.com
2. springboottutorial