spring - How can i make a welcome page with a file which has .html extension -

hello new spring, trying create welcome file called index.html put index.html file under webapp folder. web xml file

<web-app id="webapp_id" version="2.4"     xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/xmlschema-instance"     xsi:schemalocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee  http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">   <display-name>spring4mvchelloworlddemo web application</display-name>   <servlet>     <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>     <servlet-class>         org.springframework.web.servlet.dispatcherservlet     </servlet-class>     <init-param>         <param-name>contextconfiglocation</param-name>         <param-value>/web-inf/spring-servlet.xml</param-value>     </init-param>     <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>  </servlet>   <servlet-mapping>     <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>     <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>  </servlet-mapping>   <welcome-file-list>    <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list>    </web-app> 

and spring-servlet.xml file

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"     xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"     xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/xmlschema-instance"     xsi:schemalocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd     http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-4.0.xsd     http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">      <context:component-scan base-package="com.websystique.springmvc" />      <mvc:annotation-driven />      <bean         class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.internalresourceviewresolver">         <property name="prefix">             <value>/web-inf/views/</value>         </property>         <property name="suffix">             <value>.jsp</value>         </property>     </bean>  </beans> 

when change index.html index.jsp , create index.jsp file works fine. question can`t make welcome page html extension ? if can mistake ?

<welcome-file-list>        <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> 

you've configured internalresourceviewresolver search files .jsp suffix. in case, spring won't match index.html.

you can replace suffix value .html if need match files under /web-inf/views/{viewname}.html