From 2c7d2f70636691bdbaadcf1eccb87a29fe171b78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juergen Hoeller <jhoeller@vmware.com>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 23:52:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Handle non-existent files in ServletContextResource

ServletContextResource#getFile now falls back to #getRealPath for
non-existent files

Issue: SPR-8461
---
 .../web/context/support/ServletContextResource.java           | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/support/ServletContextResource.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/support/ServletContextResource.java
index af73e49a436..4a729e9267c 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/support/ServletContextResource.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/support/ServletContextResource.java
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ public class ServletContextResource extends AbstractFileResolvingResource implem
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public File getFile() throws IOException {
-		URL url = getURL();
-		if (ResourceUtils.isFileURL(url)) {
+		URL url = this.servletContext.getResource(this.path);
+		if (url != null && ResourceUtils.isFileURL(url)) {
 			// Proceed with file system resolution...
 			return super.getFile();
 		}