External javascript files won't load

[kevinstembridge]

Hi folks,
My external javascript files are not being loaded. This is the first time I've tried to load external js files in JBoss/Tomcat so its not something that was working for me before and is now broken.

I use the following script tag in the 'head' section of my JSP.

<script type="text/javascript" src="bogus.js"></script>

The external js file is in the same directory as the JSP. I've tried modifying the mime-mapping in the tomcat conf/web.xml from the default:

<mime-mapping>
 <extension>js</extension>
 <mime-type>text/javascript</mime-type>
</mime-mapping>

to the following:

...
 <mime-type>application/x-javascript</mime-type>
...

I'm using JBoss 4.0.2, Firefox and Struts Tiles.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Cheers

[kevinstembridge]

Well, I spent an hour trying to figure out the solution to this problem before I posted this message. Then the first thing I try after posting just happens to fix the problem.

My JSP and JS files are stored under the WEB-INF directory. Obviously, the JSPs are there to prevent direct access via the address bar of a browser but I guess it also prevents the browser from loading javascript files as well. Moving the JS files to a directory below the web application root, outside the WEB-INF folder fixed the problem.