How to access static resources when mapping a global front controller servlet on /*

Question

I\'ve mapped the Spring MVC dispatcher as a global front controller servlet on /*.

Answer 1

With regard to Tomcat, a lot depends on the particular version. There was a bug fix https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50026 which means the servlet-mapping (other than for '/') for the default servlet behaves differently in Tomcat 6.0.29 (and earlier) compared with later versions.