Spring MVC; avoiding file extension in url?

Question

I just started with Spring Web MVC. I\'m trying to avoid file extenstions in the url. How can i do this? (I\'m using Spring 2.5.x)

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Answer 1

As far as I know you can't do this if you're using JSP's as your view for controllers.

Because when you pass a model to a JSP, Spring MVC internally performs a 'forward' to the URL of the JSP. If you use /* then this forward will also be handled by your DispatcherServlet and not by your JSP view.

What you can do is use /something and have your JSP's in a different directory