This was a bit of a stumper until one of us found a solution:
The problem: Want to set up a link to a plain ol�
JSP page within a framework which uses Tiles and Spring. But how much effort do we need to expend to create this seemingly simple link?
The Solution: use UrlFilenameViewController as a �default controller� which will simply forward on to the appropriately named Tiles definition.
The Implementation: We have a jsp called prlsite_tool.jsp, to which we wish to link from our page menu.jsp. First, set up a Tiles definition for this jsp page:
Next, in the Spring config, enable a default controller instance:
Now, add a URL matching
pattern which will catch the link to the new page:
Now, any links to �/admin/somethingsomething.spring� will be forwarded to a somethingsomething.jsp under the /admin path� which is exactly what we want! Last step is to put in the link on the menu page: