Spring: get input button id - spring

Question

I have this html template in thymeleaf.
<table id="listAllAccountantTable" th:cellspacing="0" class="table table-striped table-bordered" style="width:100%;">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>No. </th>
<th>Registered Date</th>
<th>Status</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Email</th>
<th>Contact No.</th>
<th>IC No.</th>
<th>IC attachment</th>
<th>Actions </th>
</tr>
<tr th:each="acc,iterationStatus : ${accountantListing}">
<td th:text="${iterationStatus.count}">1</td>
<td th:text="${acc.currentTimeStamp}"></td>
<td th:text="${acc.active}">1</td>
<td th:text="${acc.name}">Name</td>
<td th:text="${acc.email}">Email</td>
<td th:text="${acc.phoneNumber}">Contact No.</td>
<td th:text="${acc.icNumber}">IC No.</td>
<td th:text="${acc.id}"> To be fixed: upload IC image</td>
<td>
<form action="#" data-th-action="#{/accountantApplication}" method="post">
<button type="submit" name="action" th:id="${acc.id}"
value="Accept">Accept</button>
<button type="submit" name="action" th:id="${acc.id}"
value="Reject">Reject</button>
</form>
</td>
</tr>
My Spring controller is:
#RequestMapping(value="/accountantApplication", method=RequestMethod.POST, params="action=Accept")
public ModelAndView Accept() {
ModelAndView modelAndView = new ModelAndView();
System.out.println("######## Accepting accountant");
modelAndView.setViewName("AccountantListing");
return modelAndView;
}
#RequestMapping(value="/accountantApplication", method=RequestMethod.POST, params="action=Reject")
public ModelAndView Reject() {
ModelAndView modelAndView = new ModelAndView();
System.out.println("######## Rejecting accountant");
modelAndView.setViewName("AccountantListing");
return modelAndView;
}
The table shows a list of accountants.
All accountants are loaded from db and displayed on the table.
They need to be accepted or rejected.
When I click the accept button, Accept() is called.
How do I get the ID attached to button?
Or if there is better way of immplementing this. let me know too. Thanks so much

Answer 1

In your form, you should have a hidden input:
<form action="#" data-th-action="#{/accountantApplication}" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="id" th:value="${acc.id}" />
<button type="submit" name="action" value="Accept">Accept</button>
<button type="submit" name="action" value="Reject">Reject</button>
</form>
Then, in your controllers:
public ModelAndView accept(#RequestParam String id) {
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}
public ModelAndView Reject(#RequestParam String id) {
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}
Also, as a side note, you can replace:
#RequestMapping(value="/accountantApplication", method=RequestMethod.POST, params="action=Accept")
#RequestMapping(value="/accountantApplication", method=RequestMethod.POST, params="action=Reject")
with
#PostMapping(value="/accountantApplication", params="action=Accept")
#PostMapping(value="/accountantApplication", params="action=Reject")