default view resolution in spring -

i spring newbie , have question view resolution. changing webapp downloaded online , uses simple view resolver strategy:

    <bean id="jspviewresolver"             class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.internalresourceviewresolver">             <property name="viewclass" value="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.jstlview" />             <property name="prefix" value="/web-inf/view/" />             <property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />     </bean> 

and keep getting 404 errors view resolution , suspecting uses sort of rewriting / filtering mechanism. there log can view in tomcat / spring class can override in order understand file spring trying when resolving incoming request?

i understand operation of internalresourceviewresolver strips file name extensions. if request not have extension? instance:

@requestmapping("/foo") protected modelmap render() { return new modelmap(); } 

then view name resolved in case?

see link log4j integration

spring-mvc doesn't use file request handling, uses controllers , requestmapping map request controller , respective method if any.

the internalresourceviewresolver have written resolves “view name” returned controller class jsp page residing in /web-inf/view/ directory.

an example

@controller public class simplecontroller{  @requestmapping("/home") public string homemapper(model model) {             return "home"; } } 

here homemapper method called if try access "home" , returns home relative jsp rendered "home.jsp" should present in /web-inf/view/

for more information see spring mvc reference or tutorial.