Replacing annotation configuration for mvc: resources - Spring

Question

I am trying to update spring mvc project to use new annotations and get rid of my xml. I used to upload my static resources to my web.xml using the line:

 <mvc:resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/resources/" /> 

Now I use the annotation WebApplicationInitializer and @EnableWebMvc to start my service without any xml files, but I cannot figure out how to load my resources.

Is there an annotation or a new configuration to return these resources without using xml?

Answer 1

One way to do this is to extend the WebMvcConfigurerAdapter configuration WebMvcConfigurerAdapter , and then override the following method as such:

 @Override public void addResourceHandlers(final ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) { registry.addResourceHandler("/resources/**").addResourceLocations("/resources/"); }