Spring Boot static resource locations¶

In Spring Boot, the default locations for serving static resources (such as JavaScript, CSS, or images) are derived from the ResourceProperties class configuration.^[spring-thymeleaf-01.md]

Default Resource Locations¶

By default, Spring Boot searches for static resources in four specific classpath locations^[spring-thymeleaf-01.md]:

• classpath:/META-INF/resources/
• classpath:/resources/
• classpath:/static/
• classpath:/public/

These locations are defined in the source code as a string array constant CLASSPATH_RESOURCE_LOCATIONS and assigned to the staticLocations property^[spring-thymeleaf-01.md].

Configuration and Handling¶

The loading and handling of these resources are managed by the WebMvcAutoConfiguration class^[spring-thymeleaf-01.md]. This auto-configuration sets up resource handlers to map requests to the physical locations defined above.

Related Concepts¶

• Spring Boot
• [[Thymeleaf]]

Sources¶

• spring-thymeleaf-01.md