Can't seem to get any Sitemesh decorator patterns to work except for the /*

[Tony Ennis]

We have a sample Spring+Sitemesh app. It does little to nothing. The decorators.xml file is

<decorators defaultdir="/decorator">
    <!--Map decorators to request based on specific criteria.-->
    <decorator name="default" page="decorator.jsp">
        <pattern>/*</pattern>
    </decorator>

    <!-- The pages will not be decorated. -->
    <excludes>
        <pattern>/somePage.jsp</pattern>
        <pattern>some/*.jsp</pattern>
    </excludes>
</decorators>

This seems to be ok - the pages I display are suitably decorated.

A sample URL is http://localhost:8080/app/message

I am experimenting, however, and would like to specify a more specific patten in the decorator that only works for 'message.' I can't get it to work - the application displays the JSP without decorating it.

Any pointers would be appreciated.