I am using Spring framework version 4 and I get confused which folder to put the XML files, specially the tile definitions and where to find the resolver bean.
The tile definition xml is specified when you define the TilesConfigurer
bean. If you are using Java-based configuration this would look like:
@Bean
public TilesConfigurer tilesConfigurer(){
TilesConfigurer tilesConfigurer = new TilesConfigurer();
tilesConfigurer.setDefinitions(new String[] {"/WEB-INF/**/tiles.xml"});
tilesConfigurer.setCheckRefresh(true);
return tilesConfigurer;
}
If you are using xml-based configuration this would look like:
<bean id="tilesConfigurer" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles3.TilesConfigurer">
<property name="definitions">
<list>
<value>/WEB-INF/views/**/tiles.xml</value>
</list>
</property>
</bean>
When you specify /WEB-INF/views/**/tiles.xml
, you are telling the TilesConfigurer
to look for all tiles definitions recursively under the /Web-INF/views
directory.