Spring MVC MultiActionController annotation example

By mkyong | Updated: July 27, 2011

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Tags: spring mvc

In this tutorial, we show you how to develop a Spring MVC annotation-based MultiActionController, by using @RequestMapping.

In XML-based MultiActionController, you have to configure the method name resolver (InternalPathMethodNameResolver, PropertiesMethodNameResolver or ParameterMethodNameResolver) to map the URL to a particular method name. But, life is more easier with annotation support, now you can use @RequestMapping annotation as a method name resolver, which used to map URL to a particular method.

To configure it, define @RequestMapping with mapping URL above the method name.

package com.mkyong.common.controller;
 
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;

@Controller
public class CustomerController{
 
	@RequestMapping("/customer/add.htm")
	public ModelAndView add(HttpServletRequest request,
		HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
 
		return new ModelAndView("CustomerAddView");
 
	}
 
	@RequestMapping("/customer/delete.htm")
	public ModelAndView delete(HttpServletRequest request,
		HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
 
		return new ModelAndView("CustomerDeleteView");
 
	}
 
	@RequestMapping("/customer/update.htm")
	public ModelAndView update(HttpServletRequest request,
		HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
 
		return new ModelAndView("CustomerUpdateView");
 
	}
 
	@RequestMapping("/customer/list.htm")
	public ModelAndView list(HttpServletRequest request,
		HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
 
		return new ModelAndView("CustomerListView");
 
	}
}

Now, the URL will map to the method name in the following patterns :

1. /customer/add.htm –> add() method
2. /customer/delete.htm –> delete() method
3. /customer/update.htm –> update() method
4. /customer/list.htm –> list() method

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