SpringSource IDE does not use project name as root URL for Spring MVC application

Question

When I create a Spring MVC Template Project with the SpringSource IDE, I run the application and the root URL is set as the last word of the default package name:

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Answer 1

The first part in the URL after host and port is called the context-path. In your case myapp. In tomcat the context-path is equal to the name of the war-file. If you name the war-file ROOT.war then no context-path is used.

As bimsapi mentioned you can change the context-path in STS, too.

But: You can and should make your app independent of the context-path. If you are using JSP then build links with the tag:

This outputs the correct url including the actual context-path. Or your can store it in a variable and use it later:

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In Java code you can get the context-path with:

request.getContextPath()

where request is the current HttpServletRequest object. Using this makes your app completely independent of the actual context-path which simplifies deployment a lot.