How to prevent static resources from being handled by front controller servlet which is mapped on /*

Question

I have a servlet which acts as a front controller.

@WebServlet(\"/*\")

However, this also handles CSS and image files. How can I prevent th

Answer 1

I know this is an old question and I guess @BalusC 's answer probably works fine. But I couldn't modify the URL for the JSF app am working on, so I simply just check for the path and return if it is to static resources:

    String path = request.getRequestURI().substring(request.getContextPath().length());
    if (path.contains("/resources/")) {
        return;
    }

This works fine for me.