title: How to return a html page from a restful controller in spring boot?
body: <p>I want to return a simple html page from controller, but I get only the name of the file not its content. Why?</p>
  
  <p>This is my controller code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@RestController
  public class HomeController {
  
      @RequestMapping("/")
      public String welcome() {
          return "login";
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is my project structure:</p>
  
  <p>[<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/MHaaq.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>